GANNON v. STATE

No. 113,267.

390 P.3d 461 (2017)

Luke GANNON, by his Next Friends and Guardians, et al., Appellees, v. STATE of Kansas, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 2, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. McAllister , solicitor general, argued the cause, and Jeffrey A. Chanay , chief deputy attorney general, M.J. Willoughby , assistant attorney general, Dwight R. Carswell , assistant solicitor general, Bryan C. Clark , assistant solicitor general, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, were with him on the briefs for appellant State of Kansas; Arthur S. Chalmers , Gaye B. Tibbets , Jerry D. Hawkins , and Rachel E. Lomas , of Hite, Fanning & Honeyman, LLP, of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for appellant State of Kansas.

Alan L. Rupe , of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Jessica L. Skladzien and Mark A. Kanaga , of the same firm, and John S. Robb , of Somers, Robb & Robb, of Newton, were with him on the briefs for appellees.


This is the fourth school finance decision involving these parties and Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution, which imposes a duty on the legislature to "make suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state." Kan. Const. art. 6, § 6(b). The plaintiffs filed suit in 2010 asserting that the State violated this constitutional...

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