EDGINGTON v. CITY OF OVERLAND PARK

No. 65,994

15 Kan. App. 2d 721 (1991)

815 P.2d 1116

FORREST R. "WOODY" EDGINGTON, Appellant, v. CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, ED EILERT, DON LYSAUGHT, JR., PAUL STERRETT, W. JACK SANDERS, J.F. LEHNERTZ, THOMAS C. OWENS, AILIE SPEER, BYRON C. LOUDON, WAYNE C. BYRD, and GEORGIA ERICKSON, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Bennett, Jr., and Lori M. Callahan, of Bennett, Dillon & Callahan, of Topeka, for appellant.

J. Nick Badgerow and Nancy M. Landis, of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, of Overland Park, and Robert J. Watson, city attorney, of Overland Park, for appellees.

James M. Kaup, of Topeka, for amicus curiae League of Kansas Municipalities.

Before ELLIOTT, P.J., REES, J., and WILLIAM D. CLEMENT, District Judge, assigned.


ELLIOTT, J.:

In a case in which Forrest R. "Woody" Edgington alleged that the Overland Park City Council improperly rejected his nomination to fill a vacant seat on the council, Edgington appeals the trial court's granting of the defendants' motions to dismiss and for summary judgment.

We affirm.

Factual Statement

Edgington has been active in Overland Park politics since the 1970s. He...

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