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Kan. Stat. § 20-3018

Section 20-3018 - Transfer of certain cases docketed in supreme court to court of appeals; transfer of cases docketed in wrong court; effect; motion for rehearing by court of appeals; petition for review of case by supreme court; rules of supreme court; authority of supreme court in granting or denying review; power of supreme court to order transfer of case from court of appeals to supreme court
Section 20-3018 - Transfer of certain cases docketed in supreme court to court of appeals; transfer of cases docketed in wrong court; effect; motion for rehearing by court of appeals; petition for review of case by supreme court; rules of supreme court; authority of supreme court in granting or denying review; power of supreme court to order transfer of case from court of appeals to supreme court

1 Analyses of this statute by attorneys

  1. RE: Coulter v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. – Defining Adequacy of Class Counsel and Fairness of Class Settlements In Kansas

    Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.Andrew CarpenterJanuary 17, 2013

    The district court had permitted Boles to call an expert witness who testified that the non-gathering claims were worth in excess of $40,000,000.00, and that the full value of the gathering and non-gathering claims were worth in excess of $140,000,000.00 rather than the $33,000,000.00 agreed upon in the settlement. Following the district court’s denial of his objection and motions for intervention and further discovery, Boles appealed, and the case was transferred to the Kansas Supreme Court pursuant to K.S.A. 20-3018(c).Writing for the Court, Justice Johnson first addressed Boles’ contention that class counsel was inadequate by failing to adequately identify and investigate the value of potential non-gathering claims. In 2010, K.S.A. was amended to more fully delineate the criteria by which the adequacy of class counsel is assessed:“(1) Appointing Class Counsel.