Nebraska Supreme Court Decisions 2024
Date: May 3, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 446
Docket Number: S-21-1037
Justia Opinion Summary: The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the State of Nebraska and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) are immune from a lawsuit brought by three siblings who were physically and sexually abused in a…
Date: May 3, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 500
Docket Number: S-22-934
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Makhi Woolridge-Jones, who was convicted of second-degree murder, second-degree assault, and two counts of use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony. The charges stemmed from a shooting at a shopping…
Date: May 3, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 524
Docket Number: S-23-354
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around the interpretation of a provision in the Eileen Ryan Revocable Trust. The provision in question bequeathed $5 million in "Countable Assets" to each of Eileen’s five children. Constance M. Ryan,…
Date: April 25, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 417
Docket Number: S-23-289
Date: April 25, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 419
Docket Number: S-23-357
Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs, Saint James Apartment Partners, LLC, Central States Development, LLC, and John C. Foley, filed a civil action against Universal Surety Company, alleging that a notary public covered under Universal's bond…
Date: April 25, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 443
Docket Number: S-24-061
Date: April 19, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 338
Docket Number: S-23-022
Justia Opinion Summary: In April 2020, Christine Thiele, a nurse liaison at Select Specialty Hospital, contracted COVID-19 and developed severe and disabling medical issues as a result. Thiele filed for workers' compensation benefits, arguing…
Date: April 19, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 381
Docket Number: S-23-209
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves an appeal against a county court's decision to appoint a permanent guardian for Patrick W., an individual deemed incapacitated due to a stroke. The appellant, Patrick W., argued that the court erred in…
Date: April 19, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 398
Docket Number: S-23-627
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves RaySean Barber, an inmate in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS), who was diagnosed with a mental illness. Barber refused treatment with antipsychotic medications,…
Date: April 12, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 308
Docket Numbers: S-23-139, S-23-130
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the defendant, Donald Gene Anthony, who was convicted of first degree murder, use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, and possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person. The charges stemmed…
Date: April 5, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 287
Docket Number: S-23-360
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Eduardo Castillo, the record owner of a property, and Libert Land Holdings 4 LLC (LLH4), which purchased a tax certificate for the property after Castillo failed to pay delinquent taxes. After the tax…
Date: March 29, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 263
Docket Number: S-23-647
Justia Opinion Summary: A Delaware corporation, Northern Natural Gas Company, sued another Delaware entity, Centennial Resource Production, LLC, in Nebraska for breach of contract. The dispute arose after Centennial, due to a cold weather event…
Date: March 22, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 235
Docket Number: S-23-062
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Chuck McKay appealed the dismissal of a complaint he filed seeking declaratory relief regarding the Republican Party primary election for a county commissioner position in Saline County, Nebraska in 2022.…
Date: March 22, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 246
Docket Number: S-23-490
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Nebraska Supreme Court reversed the lower court's denial of summary judgment, determining that the Lincoln Public Schools (LPS), a political subdivision, retained immunity from an employee's wrongful…
Date: March 15, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 154
Docket Number: S-23-060
Justia Opinion Summary: The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed a decision holding Allen Crow, a corporate officer, personally liable for unpaid use taxes of his former corporation, Direct Media Marketing, Inc. The court determined that Crow failed…
Date: March 15, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 174
Docket Number: S-23-155
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Nebraska recently ruled on a dispute between the Nebraska Journalism Trust (NJT) and the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) over the cost of providing public records. NJT had…
Date: March 15, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 197
Docket Number: S-23-282
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Nebraska Supreme Court interpreted the Nebraska Construction Lien Act (NCLA) and determined that construction liens can attach to the contracting owner's real estate, even if ownership of the property…
Date: March 15, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 216
Docket Number: S-23-296
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute between developers of rent-restricted housing projects and the Lancaster County Board of Equalization. The Board sought permission from the Tax Equalization and Review Commission to use a…
Date: March 8, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 101
Docket Number: S-22-097
Justia Opinion Summary: The Nebraska Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Court of Appeals in a case involving the right to a speedy trial. The defendant, Justin N. Rashad, was charged with first degree assault and use of a firearm to…
Date: March 8, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 114
Docket Number: S-22-560
Justia Opinion Summary: The State of Nebraska convicted DeShawn L. Gleaton, Jr. of first-degree murder, use of a firearm to commit a felony, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and witness tampering. Gleaton appealed, arguing that…
Date: March 8, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 143
Docket Number: S-23-289
Justia Opinion Summary: The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled in a dispute involving property tax assessment after a real estate property was damaged by fire due to arson. The issue at the core of the case was whether a fire caused by arson could be…
Date: March 1, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 28
Docket Number: S-22-748
Justia Opinion Summary: The Nebraska Supreme Court reversed a decision made by the Commission of Industrial Relations (CIR) that included corrections unit case managers within the protective service bargaining unit (PSBU), represented by the…
Date: March 1, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 47
Docket Number: S-23-038
Justia Opinion Summary: The case before the Nebraska Supreme Court involved an appeal by Nathaniel L. Gnewuch, who was convicted of operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest. Gnewuch had requested a deferred sentence under Nebraska Revised…
Date: February 23, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 1
Docket Number: S-23-147
Justia Opinion Summary: In Nebraska, a man named Hope T. Npimnee was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and sentenced to 35 to 40 years in prison. The victim, identified as S.M., claimed that she was intoxicated when Npimnee had…
Date: February 23, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 14
Docket Number: S-23-356
Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant, Melvin Lear, was charged with a felony offense by the State of Nebraska. Lear requested a continuance in order to conduct additional discovery, which was granted by the court. However, the continuance…
Date: February 23, 2024
Citation: 316 Neb. 24
Docket Number: S-23-778
Date: February 16, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 926
Docket Numbers: S-22-688, S-23-134
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves two consolidated appeals related to Sanitary and Improvement District No. 596 of Douglas County, Nebraska (SID 596) and THG Development, L.L.C. (THG), a real estate owner whose property adjoins but is…
Date: February 16, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 951
Docket Number: S-23-124
Justia Opinion Summary: The appellant, Jordon J. Miller, was convicted and sentenced for second degree murder following a plea agreement. The charge stemmed from an incident when shots were fired at a passing vehicle, resulting in the death of…
Date: February 9, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 892
Docket Number: S-22-840
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, John Edward Griffith II and Christina M. Griffith sued LG Chem America, Inc., and Shoemaker’s Truck Station, Inc., after lithium-ion rechargeable batteries purchased at a Shoemaker's Truck Station store in…
Date: February 9, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 911
Docket Number: S-23-376
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Nebraska Supreme Court, Kathryn Wright was employed as a customer service agent for Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest). In her volunteer role on a workplace social committee, she was found to have…
Date: February 2, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 832
Docket Numbers: S-23-058, S-23-059
Date: February 2, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 840
Docket Number: S-23-157
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Christopher Mathiesen, the owner of a limited liability company, appealed a court's order dismissing his complaint against Kristi Kellogg, who was alleged to be a co-owner of the company. The court…
Date: February 2, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 856
Docket Number: S-23-167
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Nebraska Supreme Court, the defendant, Favion Lara, appealed from the District Court for Hall County, arguing that his sentences should be vacated and the case remanded for resentencing before a…
Date: February 2, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 880
Docket Number: S-23-329
Justia Opinion Summary: This case revolves around a long-standing dispute between two Nebraska families, the Zeilers and the Reifschneiders, over rights to divert water from their neighboring farmland. The dispute lead to a consent judgment in…
Date: January 26, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 795
Docket Number: S-22-919
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, a couple, Kelley L. and Richard L., sought to have Richard adopt Kelley's daughter, Kate S., without the consent of the child's biological father, Dustin S., alleging that Dustin had abandoned Kate. The…
Date: January 26, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 809
Docket Number: S-23-224
Justia Opinion Summary: The case concerned the valuation of agricultural land owned by Donald V. Cain Jr. for the 2013 tax year. Cain appealed the decision of the Custer County Board of Equalization, which upheld the assessed values of his land…
Date: January 19, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 736
Docket Number: S-22-865
Justia Opinion Summary: The Nebraska Supreme Court heard an appeal from Angelina M. Clark who was convicted for terroristic threats and third-degree sexual assault. Clark argued that her trial before an all-male jury violated her constitutional…
Date: January 19, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 756
Docket Number: S-22-901
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Patrick Tvrdy was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 12 to 16 years' imprisonment following a vehicle-motorcycle collision that resulted in the death of the motorcycle driver, Brady Sweetser. Tvrdy…
Date: January 19, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 766
Docket Number: S-23-192
Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant, Tristan T. Horne, was charged with attempted possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. As part of a plea agreement, Horne was admitted into a problem-solving court program (Wellness Court) designed…
Date: January 19, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 781
Docket Number: S-23-195
Justia Opinion Summary: In this Nebraska case, the appellant, Christian G., filed a motion to vacate a domestic abuse protection order issued against him, arguing that the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over him and that the court…
Date: January 12, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 679
Docket Number: S-22-967
Justia Opinion Summary: A defamation lawsuit was filed by Janet Palmtag, a real estate agent and general candidate for the Nebraska Legislature, against The Republican Party of Nebraska. The case stems from political mailers, sent by the Party,…
Date: January 12, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 718
Docket Numbers: S-23-234, S-23-236, S-23-237, S-23-238
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the State of Nebraska's appeal against a juvenile court's order transferring jurisdiction of a child welfare case involving five Native American children to the Oglala Sioux Tribal Court. The case…
Date: January 5, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 633
Docket Number: S-22-888
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Nebraska Supreme Court, Fountain II, LLC, a commercial real estate development company, disputed the denial of special valuation as agricultural or horticultural land, commonly known as "greenbelt…
Date: January 5, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 650
Docket Number: S-23-072
Justia Opinion Summary: The case is a dispute over the boundaries of two land tracts, Government Lot 1 (GL1) and Government Lot 7 (GL7), located in Howard County, Nebraska, owned by Judith Puncochar and the Rudolfs and the Sacks (GL7 Owners)…
Date: January 5, 2024
Citation: 315 Neb. 661
Docket Number: S-23-225
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Bernard R. Turner for first degree murder. The court found no error in the trial court’s decision to grant the state’s motion to continue the trial due to…
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