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Nebraska Court Decisions

Supreme Court (Neb.) * Court of Appeals (Neb. App.) * U.S. District Court (D. Neb.) * U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Bankr. D. Neb.) —————  * Not available (but see below) — Browse for information.

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “249 Neb. 66” or “4 Neb. App. 265” or “541 N.W.2d 392”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Additional Resources

NOTE—Some opinions of the court of appeals are not published.

¶  Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions ... Slip opinions from the previous 90 days, along with a search function.

Nebraska Constitution and Legislation

Constitution (Neb. Const.)
1. Bills
   See also the Nebraska Legislature web site.

2. Laws of Nebraska (Neb. Laws)
   Revised Statutes of Nebraska (Neb. Rev. Stat.)
   
   Note—The official codification is Revised Statutes of Nebraska, 1943. The legislature applies a uniquely confusing method for numbering sections. The Nebraska version of the Uniform Commercial Code is presented separately on the legislature's web site.
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Industrial Relations Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-801 et seq. ... [Comm'n of Industrial Relations] — This version has a text-search function.

Nebraska Rules of Procedure and Practice

Court Rules ♦ Rules of Procedure
Supreme Court Rules (Neb. S. Ct. R.) Workers' Compensation Court Rules (Neb. Workers' Comp. Ct. R.) ————— Rules of Appellate Procedure [Neb. Ct. R. § 2-101 et seq.] Rules of Pleading in Civil Cases [Neb. Ct. R. § 6-1101 et seq.] Rules of Discovery in Civil Cases [Neb. Ct. R. § 6-301 et seq.] ————— U.S. District Court Rules (D. Neb. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules (D. Neb. Bankr. R.)
Local Court Rules
Uniform County Court Rules [Neb. Ct. R. § 6-1401 et seq.] Uniform District Court Rules [Neb. Ct. R. § 6-1501 et seq.] Trial Courts' Local Rules
Rules of Practice ♦ Judicial Rules ♦ Professional Ethics Decisions
Admission Requirements for the Practice of Law [Neb. Ct. R. § 3-101 et seq.] Rules of Professional Conduct [Neb. Ct. R. § 3-501.0 et seq.] Discipline Procedures for Lawyers [Neb. Ct. R. § 3-301 et seq.] ————— Code of Judicial Conduct [Neb. Ct. R. § 5-201 et seq.] Discipline Procedures for Judges [Neb. Ct. R. § 5-101 et seq.] ————— State Bar Association Ethics Opinions Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions

Nebraska Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   Nebraska Administrative Code (Neb. Admin. Code)

2. Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   Nebraska Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Neb. Atty. Gen.)
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Commission of Industrial Relations Rules
   ¶  Department of Revenue Regulations on Various Tax Programs
   ¶  Revenue Rulings Recently Issued by the State Tax Commissioner

Nebraska Local Law Sources

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Municipal Ordinances
Beatrice <5> Columbus <2> Minden <5> North Platte <5> Omaha <5> Papillion <4> Ralston <3> Ravenna <2> Sidney <2> South Sioux City <5> York <5>      
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Nebraska Law-Related Periodicals

Other Nebraska Commentary

1. A Guide to Doing Business in Nebraska. Baird Holm LLP. ... [Lex Mundi]

Nebraska Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Nebraska Court Information

Web Sites
Nebraska Courts U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Nebraska Forms

1. Revenue Department — Tax Forms

2. Secretary of State — Corporation and Business Forms

3. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

4. U.S. District Court — Litigation Forms

5. Workers' Compensation Court — Forms ... Scroll down the page to find links to forms.

Other Nebraska Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislature Judicial Branch ————— Attorney General Public Advocacy Commission ————— Revenue Department Secretary of State Tax Equalization and Review Commission
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
Nebraska State Bar Association ————— Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys ————— Omaha Bar Association
See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
Creighton University School of Law University of Nebraska College of Law

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Douglas County Creighton University: Klutznick Law Library University of Nebraska: Marvin & Virginia Schmid Law Library
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Nebraska Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Nebraska law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Nebraska.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. Nebraska Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   2. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.