ASSOCIATED PRESS v. SEBELIUS

No. 90,069

31 Kan.App. 2d 1107 (2003)

78 P.3d 486

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE KANSAS PRESS ASSOCIATION, THE KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, THE CHANUTE TRIBUNE, THE GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM, THE HAYS DAILY NEWS, THE HUTCHINSON NEWS, LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD, THE OTTAWA HERALD, PARSONS SUN, THE (PITTSBURG) MORNING SUN, THE SALINA JOURNAL, THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL, and THE WICHITA EAGLE, Appellants/Cross-appellees, v. KATHLEEN SEBELIUS and THE GOVERNOR ELECT TRANSITION OFFICE, Appellees/Cross-appellants.

Court of Appeals of Kansas

Opinion filed October 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Merriam, of Topeka, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Steve Phillips, assistant attorney general, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before MALONE, P.J., GREENE, J., and LARSON, S.J.


Per Curiam:

This is an action brought by The Associated Press, The Kansas Press Association, The Kansas Association of Broadcasters, and a group of Kansas newspapers (the Press) against Kathleen Sebelius, then incoming Governor of the State of Kansas, and an entity referred to by the parties as the Governor-Elect Transition Office (GETO). The Press claims Sebelius and GETO violated the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA), K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., because...

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