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IN RE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Nos. 81,491. 81,497. 81,509. 81,632.

269 Kan. 865 (2000)

9 P.3d 28

In the Matter of the Administration of Justice in the Eighteenth Judicial District. THE CITY OF WICHITA, et al., Petitioners, v. MIKE HILL, SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF, Respondent. THE CITY OF WICHITA, et al., Petitioners, v. THE HONORABLE PAUL BUCHANAN, CHIEF JUDGE, EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, Respondent. In the Matter of the Habeas Corpus Petition of WILLIAM W. RUSS, JR., et al.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 26, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon L. Dickgrafe, assistant city attorney, argued the cause, and Gary E. Rebenstorf, city attorney, and Blaise Plummer, assistant city attorney, were with her on the briefs for petitioners/appellants.

Ed L. Randels, assistant county counselor, argued the cause, and Rekha Sharma-Crawford, assistant county counselor, was with him on the briefs for respondent/appellee Hill.

John R. Dowell, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, was with him on the briefs for respondent/appellee Buchanan.

Donald L. Moler, Jr., executive director, Kimberly A. Gulley, and Larry A. Kleeman, of Topeka, were on the brief for amicus curiae League of Kansas Municipalities.

Warner Eisenbise, of Wichita, was on the brief for amicus curiae Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Jim Lawing, of Wichita, was on the brief for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ABBOTT, J.:

These four consolidated cases involve a dispute between the City of Wichita (City) and the judges of the Wichita Municipal Court on one side, and Sedgwick County District Judge Paul Buchanan, Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District, and Sedgwick County Sheriff Mike Hill on the other.

At all times pertinent, the prisoners of the City were held in the Sedgwick County Jail at the county's expense...

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