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State Ex Rel. Tomasic v. UNIFIED GOV. OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY/KANSAS CITY

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided March 6, 1998No. 80,223PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is an original action in quo warranto. The action was filed by Wyandotte County District Attorney Nick Tomasic seeking a ruling on the constitutionality of the Consolidation Act, K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 12-340 et seq., which authorized a procedure whereby the voters of Wyandotte County (County) could adopt a consolidated government for County and Kansas City, Kansas (City).

The parties filed a stipulation of facts. By way of background, we include a portion of the stipulation of facts.

“The County is comprised of 155.7 square miles and has a…

2Cases cited84 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. ChadhaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Ward v. ScottSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
  3. Brown v. Wichita State UniversitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1976
  4. Nicholas v. KahnNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. State Ex Rel. Anderson v. FadelySupreme Court of Kansas · 1957

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3Cited by68 opinions

  1. In re K.M.H.Supreme Court of Kansas · 2007
  2. State Ex Rel. Morrison v. SebeliusSupreme Court of Kansas · 2008
  3. State v. LimonSupreme Court of Kansas · 2005
  4. State v. EnglesSupreme Court of Kansas · 2001
  5. In the Interest of M.R.Supreme Court of Kansas · 2002

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