Court of Appeals to sit in McPherson

TOPEKA—A three-judge panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals will sit at the McPherson County Courthouse on March 15 and 16 to hear arguments in 14 cases that arose primarily in southcentral and southwest Kansas. The court sessions will begin at 9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, and at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16.

The cases that the judges will hear include seven criminal cases from Reno, Sedgwick, and Kingman counties, a contract dispute arising out of an agreement to sell a wheat crop in Reno County, and several workers'-compensation appeals.

Judges Henry W. Green, Jr., of Leavenworth, Steve Leben, of Fairway, and G. Gordon Atcheson, of Overland Park, will hear the cases. Leben has been designated as the presiding judge for these hearings.

"I'm told by my colleagues that it has been more than a decade since our court has heard cases in McPherson," Leben said. "We are delighted to make a return visit so that attorneys and parties in this area can have cases heard locally rather than having to travel to Topeka."

"We also hope that those who are interested in how the courts of Kansas work may have a chance to observe arguments before our court as we travel throughout the state," he said.