STATE EX REL. DOUGLAS v. BEERMANN

No. 83-091.

347 N.W.2d 297 (1984)

216 Neb. 849

STATE of Nebraska ex rel. Paul L. DOUGLAS, Attorney General of the State of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Allen J. BEERMANN, Secretary of State of the State of Nebraska, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. Radcliffe, Lincoln, for appellants.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Patrick T. O'Brien, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Herbert M. Fitle, Omaha City Atty., and Timothy K. Kenny, Omaha, for amicus curiae City of Omaha.

KRIVOSHA, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, WHITE, HASTINGS, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, and GRANT, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The district court declared Neb.Rev.Stat. §§ 50-201 and 50-202 (Cum.Supp.1982) to be in contravention of article II, § 1, and article III, § 7, of the Nebraska Constitution. This appeal followed. For the reasons hereinafter stated we reverse and remand for judgment consistent with this opinion.

In the 1981 session of the Legislature, L.B. 206 was passed over the veto of then Governor Charles Thone and is codified at Neb.Rev...

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