Doe v. Thompson

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 110,318 JOHN DOE, Appellee, v. KIRK THOMPSON, DIRECTOR OF THE KANSAS BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, and FRANK DENNING, JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS, SHERIFF, Appellants. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Kansas' statutes governing judicial notice, K.S.A. 60-409 et seq., apply to all facts, regardless of whether a particular fact may be labeled an adjudicative fact or a legislative fact. 2. Although anonymous or pseudonymous litigation is an atypical procedure, it should be permitted where an important privacy interest outweighs the public interest in the litigant's…