Opinion ID: 2377101
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Heading: the series of cases

Text:  Case No. 04-IQ-03. Inquisition launched by Kline while Attorney General filed in district court in Shawnee County (the Inquisition).  Case No. 93,383 in the Supreme Court. Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed by two abortion clinics regarding the Inquisition subpoenas for patient records. This petition led to this court's opinion, Alpha, 280 Kan. at 903 [128 P.3d 364] ( Alpha ).  Case No. 97,554 in the Supreme Court. Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed by two abortion clinics regarding Kline's appearance before the 2006 election on The O'Reilly Factor and other alleged dissemination of information from patient records (the publicity mandamus action).  Case No. 98,747 in the Supreme Court. Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed by Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, Inc. (CHPP), regarding Kline's movement of records from Attorney General's office to Johnson County District Attorney's office. This petition led to this court's opinion in Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood of Kansas v. Kline, 287 Kan. 372, 197 P.3d 370 (2008) ( Comprehensive Health ).  Case No. 07 CR 2112. Criminal prosecution filed by former Attorney General Paul Morrison in Sedgwick County against Dr. George Tiller, a Wichita physician who performed abortions, which ended in an acquittal after jury trial (the Tiller case).  Case No. 99,050 in the Supreme Court. Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed by Morrison against Judge Anderson seeking surrender of redacted patient records produced in the Inquisition and left in the judge's custody ( Morrison v. Anderson ).  Case No. 07 CR 2701. Criminal prosecution filed by Kline while Johnson County District Attorney against CHPP, which is the case underlying this appeal (this criminal prosecution). Other proceedings before grand juries in Johnson and Sedgwick Counties regarding abortion providers, including one that led to a Petition for Writ of Mandamus in this court, eventually denied, and various related disciplinary matters are not listed above. Although some of these proceedings and disciplinary matters were contemporaneous with the cases on the list, they had no direct effect on their pursuit or disposition.