The CLDF and the KN Law Group have achieved considerable success in civil liberties litigation and have selected several strategic lawsuits aimed at advancing civil liberties protections in Kansas courts.
While the KN Law Group is willing to engage in further litigation like the cases described here, without contingency funding to the Civil Liberties Defense Fund such litigation will be increasingly difficult. Our current funding partners have achieved amazing success and made a major impact through funding the CLDF and allowing us to engage in many of these cases. While we seek alternatives and direct client funding before leveraging the CLDF, such a fund is necessary to allow important cases to proceed as various potential clients may not have the resources needed to bring the appropriate legislation against powerful and well-funded government entities.
Thanks in part to the CLDF, the firm was able to process a heavy volume of daily calls from individuals seeking advice and representation related to vaccination mandates and the application of other COVID-19 protocols. Many consultations have occurred with numerous victories with employers backing down or allowing religious and…
In the fall of 2020, the Blue Valley School Board refused to allow students to participate in football and other outside sports. However, the school board itself did not make this determination but rather delegated their authority to the superintendent and an unelected board of advisors. A KOMA investigation was…
In response to of the few known attempts of governmental body seeking to criminally prosecute a business for violating a local COVID mandate, the firm filed a successful motion to dismiss in City of Emporia v. Flowers. After pointing on numerous flaws in the case, the City of Emporia immediately…
In partnership with the Kansas Justice Institute, the firm filed Taylor v. Allen against Linn County on unreasonable search and seizure practices which required all businesses in the county to maintain a list of patrons, who they were with, and how long they were at the business…
Through strategic litigation and demand correspondence, the firm was able to cause the Kansas Governor to abandon her continued business shutdown plans. Even the Wichita Eagle noted that Governor Kelly’s “about face” on her “phased-in” reopening plan was in response to litigation risk. …
Beginning with engaging on behalf of churches to allow “park and preach” events in March 2020, the firm was at the forefront of civil liberty issues at the beginning of the pandemic. Unlike heavily litigated cases in Kentucky and Mississippi, the firm was able to protect these events through demand…
