July 1997 News Releases

07/24/1997 Supreme Court rules on engagement ring case TOPEKA—Ordinarily, a wedding engagement ring is not for keeps if the marriage is called off, the Supreme Court ruled in a split decision released today.The court voted 5-2 that the ring should be returned under ordinary circumstances, but three members of the majority said there may be "extremely gross and rare situations" where ...

07/09/1997 Court of Appeals to hear arguments in Capitol TOPEKA—A hearing panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals will meet in the former Supreme Court courtroom in the State Capitol next Tuesday to hear oral arguments in nine cases on appeal and draw attention to what court officials describe as a backlog at near crisis proportions.Chief Judge J. Patrick Brazil, of the Court of Appeals, said the ...