DELAWARE TP. v. CITY OF LANSING

No. 122,582.

512 P.3d 1154 (2022)

DELAWARE TOWNSHIP and High Prairie Township, Appellees, v. CITY OF LANSING, Kansas, Appellant, Leavenworth County, Kansas, and Leavenworth County Board of Commissioners, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam M. Hall , of Thompson-Hall, P.A., of Lawrence, argued the cause, and Todd N. Thompson , of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for appellant.

Timothy P. Orrick , of Orrick & Erskine, L.L.P., of Overland Park, argued the cause, and Chadler E. Colgan , of The Colgan Law Firm, of Kansas City, and David C. VanParys , Leavenworth County Counselor, were with him on the briefs for appellees.

Johnathan Goodyear , staff attorney, and Amanda L. Stanley , general counsel, of League of Kansas Municipalities, were on the briefs for amicus curiae League of Kansas Municipalities.


This is a dispute between municipalities in Leavenworth County over the future and assets of a fire district. The City of Lansing wants to withdraw from an interlocal agreement governing the fire district. Other parties to the agreement object. After Lansing invoked the termination and asset...

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