Dirt Alert

The First Session of the 107th Nebraska Legislature convened January 6, 2021.  This Dirt Alert provides the status of certain bills related to economic development, energy and renewable energy, government and municipal law, healthcare, liquor, real estate and financial transactions, and taxation. Here is a comprehensive list of the bills […]

The 107th Nebraska Legislature will convene January 6, 2021.  There will be four senators entirely new to the legislative body.  Three more senators are returning after being term-limited, including the previous Speaker, Senator Mike Flood. Because it will be the first legislative session of the biennium, no bills carried over […]

Harts et al. v. County of Knox, 308 Neb. 1 (2020). In 2003, landowner Bernadette Tramp granted to H & H Cattle Co. (the “Feedlot”) an “impact easement.”  The impact easement waived zoning restrictions that precluded the Feedlot from constructing a facility within a particular distance from Bernadette’s residence.  Thereafter, […]

Elections for federal offices and the Nebraska State Legislature, among many others, took place November 3, 2020.  In addition to the U.S. presidential and congressional elections, Nebraskans voted for state legislators and several statewide ballot measures.  Below is a summary of Nebraska’s legislative elections and a ballot measure of interest […]

REO Enterprises, LLC v. Village of Dorchester, 306 Neb. 683 (2020). REO Enterprises, LLC (“REO”) owns residential real property in the Village of Dorchester, Nebraska (“Dorchester”).  On May 1, 2017, Dorchester’s village board passed Ordinance No. 684 (the “Ordinance”).  The Ordinance stated, in part, “[b]efore a tenant’s utility application will be accepted, […]