The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday overturned its own 38-year-old precedent, ruling the right to appeal a ruling in a civil case is not absolute and not guaranteed by the Kansas Constitution or U.S. Constitution.
In 1978, the state’s high court found there was a “jurisdictional exception” to time limits on appeals. If a citizen challenges whether a court had jurisdiction to rule in his or her case, a time limit cannot be placed on that appeal.
On Friday, the court revisited the matter in a Sedgwick County case.