Legal issues

Ousted Prairie Village Councilor David Morrison showed up at Monday night’s Prairie Village City Council meeting to protest the fact that he is not immediately being returned to his seat on the council. Morrison’s ouster by a Johnson County...

Roeland Park resident and former mayoral candidate Linda Mau this month submitted a petition designed to repeal the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance for review by the Johnson County legal department. Getting the review and an opinion on the petition form...

Another Mission business has run into trouble with its name. This time it is the store formerly known as Uncommon Goods Supply Co. which just opened in its new location on Beverly just north of Johnson Drive. Last year...

A Mission Hills woman is questioning how the city handled a complaint about a dog attack on the grounds of Indian Hills Country club this past winter that has led to a legal appeal. Judy Wells wrote the Mission Hills...

The Kansas Supreme Court ruling in the Gannon case over adequacy of school finance is not the only lawsuit that still has the potential to dramatically change how much money will be available to local schools. While Gannon garnered...

What do George Orwell’s Animal Farm and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign contributions in Citizens United have in common? They both are cited in a legal brief suggesting the Shawnee Mission School District families are victims of...

The Shawnee Mission School District will file an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit brought by a group of district parents who challenged the state’s limits on how much money residents can raise in an individual school district. Shawnee...

While Hobby Lobby was arguing its case before the U.S. Supreme Court today, a small protest against the company’s views on insurance coverage for emergency contraceptives took place in front of the Mission store on Martway. Hobby Lobby does not...

The Mission Woods City Council Tuesday tabled an ordinance that would have authorized condemnation proceedings against a building along Shawnee Mission Parkway. The move came after the building owners presented renovation plans and a structural report that shows the...

A federal lawsuit against the city of Prairie Village over a fatal police shooting in 2010 has been settled out of court. Prairie Village City Administrator Quinn Bennion confirmed that the suit was settled by the city’s insurance carrier...

The owner of the land along Shawnee Mission Parkway that is caught up in an eminent domain procedure by the city of Mission Woods said she learned of the condemnation nearly a month after the city had started the...

Former Prairie Village City Councilor David Morrison has followed through on his promise to appeal his ouster from the city council and the issue is now in the hands of the Kansas Court of Appeals. Morrison was ousted from public...