Legal Opinion
In re City of Kansas City
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 9, 1993No. 68,677PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Six, J.:
This is a municipal law case. The landowners in the remaining unincorporated portion of Wyandotte County (the Piper area) petitioned for incorporation. The City of Kansas City, Kansas, (City) later petitioned for annexation of the same area. The two petitions moved forward together on an administrative track before the three-person Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). The BOCC denied incorporation and granted annexation. (The Piper area is a 17-square-mile tract adjacent to the western boundary of the City.)
The landowners appealed the BOCC’s…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Bank IV Wichita, National Ass'n v. Arn, Mullins, Unruh, Kuhn & WilsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1992
- City of Kansas City v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1974
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3Cited by4 opinions
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