LANCASTER COUNTY v. DEPT. OF PUB. INST.

No. S-93-925.

529 N.W.2d 791 (1995)

247 Neb. 723

COUNTY OF LANCASTER, Nebraska, Appellant, v. STATE of NEBRASKA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Lacey, Lancaster County Atty., and Michael E. Thew, Lincoln, for appellant.

Don Stenberg, Atty. Gen., and David T. Bydalek, Lincoln, for appellees.

WHITE, C.J., and CAPORALE, FAHRNBRUCH, LANPHIER, WRIGHT, and CONNOLLY, JJ.


CONNOLLY, Justice.

The County of Lancaster initiated a declaratory judgment action in the district court for Lancaster County seeking a determination that the Nebraska Department of Public Institutions and two officials of the department were without legal authority to refuse to accept custody of individuals committed to the department by the Lancaster County Mental Health Board (Board). The district court ruled that the...

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