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BEAVER v. KINGMAN

No. 63,794

246 Kan. 145 (1990)

785 P.2d 998

WINSLOW BEAVER AND KENNETH E. GOODMAN, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellees, v. WINIFRED KINGMAN, VELMA PARIS, and ERIC K. RUCKER, Commissioners of Shawnee County, Kansas; and RICHARD MILLS, Secretary of Corrections, State of Kansas, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas F. Martin, county counselor, argued the cause, and was on the brief for appellants.

Larry R. Rute, of Kansas Legal Services, Inc., of Topeka, argued the cause, and Lowell C. Paul, of the same office, was with him on the brief for appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SIX, J.:

At issue in this appeal is the termination date of district court jurisdiction over the Shawnee County Jail; we must decide whether the district court retains jurisdiction over the Shawnee County jail after April 1, 1989. The case presents legal questions relating to consent judgments (decrees), jurisdiction, and contract interpretation.

The Shawnee County...

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