Prager v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue

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• explaining that Kansas has not recognized a claim for damages arising from violation of the Kansas Constitution
• examining effect of Court of Appeals' reversal of summary judgment for district court's failure to conduct a \meaningful inquiry\ on later summary judgment proceedings and rejecting contention that the mandate precluded entry of summary judgment on remand
• sovereign immunity not waived for alleged constitutional tort of depriving free speech because private persons cannot be liable for 21 constitutional torts
• “Kansas has so far rejected Bivens-type actions (i.e., actions . . . for damages based directly under the Constitution without implementing legislation).”
• ex- plaining that Larson provides no authority on the viability of a claim alleging a constitutional free-speech violation because it did not ana- lyze a constitutional claim
• “Kansas has not waived its sovereign immunity under K.S.A. 75–6103(a

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