In re Schmidt

• Decision Date: 18 May 2022
• Docket Number: 125,083
• Citation: 508 P.3d 1288 (Mem)
• Parties: In the MATTER OF the Petition of Derek SCHMIDT, Attorney General, to Determine the Validity of Substitute for Senate Bill 563.
• Court: Kansas Supreme Court

508 P.3d 1288 (Mem)

In the MATTER OF the Petition of Derek SCHMIDT, Attorney General, to Determine the Validity of Substitute for Senate Bill 563.

No. 125,083

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 18, 2022.

Derek Schmidt, attorney general, argued the cause, and Jeffrey A. Chanay, chief deputy attorney general, Brant M. Laue, solicitor general, Dwight R. Carswell, deputy solicitor general, Shannon Grammel, deputy solicitor general, and Kurtis K. Wiard, assistant solicitor general, were with him on the petition and briefs for petitioner.

Mark P. Johnson, of Dentons US LLP, of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and Stephen R. McAllister, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for intervenor Senator Thomas Holland.

The opinion of the court was delivered by Stegall, J.:

Because the Constitution requires this court to enter judgment within 30 days from the filing of the petition, today we announce our decision unanimously upholding the validity, under article 10, section 1 of the Kansas Constitution, of the state senatorial and representative districts contained in Substitute for Senate Bill No. 563.

A full opinion describing the facts, rationale, and holdings of the court is forthcoming.