Lee A. Johnson
Lee A. Johnson is a Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, serving since 2007. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Tenure
- Since 2007 · 19 yrs
Judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kansas Supreme Court | – | – |
Education
Judicial Record
In our data, Johnson authored 202 published opinions for the court (2007–2019), plus 54 dissents and 54 concurrences. Most cited: State v. Keel (491 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 231 of these were attributed to Johnson by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | State v. Keel· Concurrence† | 302 Kan. 560 | 491 |
| 2016 | State v. Dunn· Dissent† | 304 Kan. 773 | 363 |
| 2012 | State v. Plummer† | 295 Kan. 156 | 337 |
| 2012 | State v. Williams† | 295 Kan. 506 | 301 |
| 2018 | State v. Thomas· Concurrence† | 415 P.3d 430 | 294 |
| 2015 | Wiles v. American Family Life Assurance Co.† | 302 Kan. 66 | 213 |
| 2018 | State v. Wetrich† | 412 P.3d 984 | 207 |
| 2012 | State v. Montgomery† | 295 Kan. 837 | 198 |
| 2011 | Wolfe Electric, Inc. v. Duckworth· Dissent† | 293 Kan. 375 | 193 |
| 2011 | State v. McCaslin· Dissent† | 245 P.3d 1030 | 177 |
| 2008 | State v. Reid· Concurrence† | 186 P.3d 713 | 175 |
| 2008 | State Ex Rel. Morrison v. Sebelius· Concurrence† | 179 P.3d 366 | 165 |
| 2018 | White v. State· Concurrence† | 421 P.3d 718 | 158 |
| 2016 | State v. Fisher· Dissent† | 304 Kan. 242 | 158 |
| 2015 | State v. Robinson· Dissent† | 303 Kan. 11 | 152 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 310 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
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- Lee A. Johnson is a Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
Sources
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- CourtListener / Free Law Project
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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19 years on the Kansas Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).