THOMPSON v. HEINEMAN

No. S-14-158.

857 N.W.2d 731 (2015)

289 Neb. 798

Randy THOMPSON et al., appellees and cross-appellants, v. Dave HEINEMAN, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Nebraska, et al., appellants and cross-appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed January 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Bruning , Attorney General, Katherine J. Spohn , Ryan S. Post , Lincoln, and Blake E. Johnson for appellants.

David A. Domina , Brian E. Jorde , and Megan N. Mikolajczyk , of Domina Law Group, P.C., L.L.O., Omaha, for appellees.

Richard Klingler , Kathleen Mueller , and Lauren C. Freeman , of Sidley Austin, L.L.P., and James G. Powers and Patrick D. Pepper , of McGrath, North, Mullin & Kratz, P.C., L.L.O., Omaha, for amicus curiae TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP.

Heavican, C.J., Connolly, Stephan, McCormack, Miller-Lerman, and Cassel, JJ., and Riedmann, Judge.


I. NATURE OF THE DECISION

The State appeals from the district court's judgment that determined L.B. 1161,1 which the Legislature passed in 2012, was unconstitutional.

Neb. Const. art. V, § 2, in relevant part, requires that a supermajority of this court's members concur before it can...

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