Hodes & Nauser, MDs v. Kobach

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 124,130 HODES & NAUSER, MDS, P.A.; and TRACI LYNN NAUSER, M.D., Appellees, v. KRIS KOBACH, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of Kansas; and STEPHEN M. HOWE, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney for Johnson County, Appellants. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The law-of-the-case doctrine restricts a party from relitigating an issue already decided on appeal in successive stages of the same proceeding. 2. Exceptions to the law-of-the-case doctrine are when (1) a subsequent trial produces substantially different evidence;…