IMPERIAL EMPIRE TRADING CO. v. CITY OF OMAHA

No. S-93-082.

524 N.W.2d 314 (1994)

246 Neb. 919

IMPERIAL EMPIRE TRADING CO., INC., a Nebraska Corporation, Appellant, v. CITY OF OMAHA, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Anderson and Robert S. Lannin, of Croker, Huck, Kasher, DeWitt, Anderson & Gonderinger, P.C., Omaha, for appellant.

Herbert M. Fitle, Omaha City Atty., Thomas O. Mumgaard and Mary M. Elliston, Omaha, for appellee.

HASTINGS, C.J., WHITE, CAPORALE, FAHRNBRUCH, and WRIGHT, JJ., and BOSLAUGH, J., Retired.


WHITE, Justice.

Imperial Empire Trading Co., Inc. (Imperial), appeals from the order of the district court awarding only nominal damages for the conversion and wrongful destruction of property seized by the City of Omaha (City).

On November 25, 1988, Omaha police received a phone call from one of Imperial's former employees informing them that Imperial had in its possession electronic devices used to unscramble cable television signals; the employee also informed...

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