Supreme Court to conduct special evening session October 13 at Garden City High School

TOPEKA The Kansas Supreme Court announced today it has selected Garden City High School as the next destination in its ongoing outreach to familiarize Kansans with the high court, its work, and the overall role of the Kansas judiciary.

It will be the Supreme Court’s first visit to Garden City in the court’s 154-year history, and it will be the second time the court will hear cases in the evening. The court’s first evening session was in April in Hays and it drew a record crowd of nearly 700 people.

The court will be in session from 6:30 p.m. to about 8 p.m. Tuesday, October 13, in the auditorium of the Garden City High School at 2720 Buffalo Way.

The public is invited to attend the proceedings and observe the court as it hears oral arguments in cases it will announce prior to October. After the hearing concludes, the justices will greet the public in an informal reception in the school’s commons area.

“Community visits are a great way for the people of Kansas to get to know us — who we are, what we do — and to get reacquainted with the judiciary’s role in our society,” said Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss. “We encourage anyone who’s ever been curious about Supreme Court proceedings to come.  Although we provide live webcasts of all our Topeka courtroom sessions, people tell us there’s nothing like seeing proceedings in person.”

To mark the state’s sesquicentennial in 2011, the court convened outside its Topeka courtroom for the first time in Kansas history. Its first stop was the historic Supreme Court courtroom in the Kansas Statehouse. From there, and through the end of 2011, the court conducted special sessions in Salina, Greensburg, and Wichita. The court held sessions in Overland Park in 2012, Pittsburg in 2013, Kansas City in 2014 and Hays in April 2015.