Do Wyandotte County Plaintiffs Have Standing To Challenge Distribution of Johnson County Local Sales Tax Revenues?

Although the district court chose not to address standing, we consider the issue critical to the jurisdiction of the district court and this court as well. See Families Against Corporate Takeover v. Mitchell, 268 Kan.

803, 806, 1 P.3d 884 (2000); Dillon Stores v. Board of Sedgwick County Commr's, 259 Kan. 295, 303, 912 P.2d 170 (1996).

It has long been recognized that standing imparts justiciability and must be determined as a threshold issue. See, e.g. , Harrison v. Long, 241 Kan.

174, 176, 734 P.2d 1155 (1987). The question of standing requires us to determine whether these plaintiffs have a sufficient stake in the outcome of this controversy to justify the exercise of the court's remedial powers on their behalf. Moorhouse v.

City of Wichita, 259 Kan. 570, 574, 913 P.2d 172 (1996). Plaintiffs essentially argue three alternative bases for their claims of standing: (i) They construe K.S.A. 60-907 as "opening the courthouse doors" to anyone challenging the illegal levy of any tax; ( ... more.

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