Category: Attorney General Opinions

Senator Bernice Labedz Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: January 12, 1982 REQUESTED BY: Senator Bernice Labedz Member of the Legislature Room 2010, State Capitol Lincoln, NE 68509 Dear Senator Labedz: In your letter of January 8, 1982, you ask our opinion on the effect of the adoption of the two constitutional amendments concerning […]

Lawrence R. Myers Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: April 24, 1987 SUBJECT: Retaliation Section of Nebraska’s Fair Employment Practices Act; Neb.Rev.Stat. § 48-1114(3) (1986 Cum.Supp.) REQUESTED BY: Lawrence R. Myers, Executive Director Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission WRITTEN BY: Robert M. Spire, Attorney General Elaine A. Catlin, Assistant Attorney General Is the termination of […]

Dannie Trautwein Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion January 5, 1996 SUBJECT: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1201; Presumption of Mailing REQUESTED BY: Dannie Trautwein, Executive Director Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission WRITTEN BY: Don Stenberg, Attorney General Lynn A. Melson, Assistant Attorney General This is in response to your request for the opinion of this […]

Dale B. Johnson Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion March 11, 1996 SUBJECT: Release of Patients Identities After the Patient Has Escaped or Walked Away. REQUESTED BY: Dale B. Johnson, Director, Department of Public Institutions WRITTEN BY: Don Stenberg, Attorney General Martin W. Swanson, Assistant Attorney General This office has received an opinion request from […]

Ethel Landrum Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: March 25, 1993 SUBJECT: Legal Offenders on Escape Status REQUESTED BY: Ethel Landrum, Chairperson Nebraska Board of Parole WRITTEN BY: Don Stenberg, Attorney General Marie C. Pawol, Assistant Attorney General You have inquired whether the Nebraska Board of Parole can deny parole to an offender who […]

Senator Vard Johnson Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: April 30, 1981 REQUESTED BY: Senator Vard Johnson Member of the Legislature State Capitol Building Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 Dear Senator Johnson: You have asked us to examine the latest amendments to LB 284, and to give our opinion as to the distribution system it sets […]

Annette L. Harmon Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: July 28, 1994 SUBJECT: Certified Public Accountants; Disciplinary Action for Non-Payment of Fees REQUESTED BY: Annette L. Harmon, Executive Director Board of Public Accountancy WRITTEN BY: Don Stenberg, Attorney General Fredrick F. Neid, Assistant Attorney General This is in response to the series of questions […]

Senator Chris Beutler Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: March 9, 1981 REQUESTED BY: Senator Chris Beutler 804 State Capitol Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 Dear Senator Beutler: You have requested the opinion of this office regarding LB 4 which addresses the Governor’s authority to proclaim holidays. Specifically, you have inquired as follows: If the permissive […]

Joseph C. Steele Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: November 7, 1994 SUBJECT: Prosecution of Both Ordinance and Statute Violations in Same Criminal Complaint REQUESTED BY: Joseph C. Steele, Court Administrator WRITTEN BY: Don Stenberg, Attorney General William L. Howland, Assistant Attorney General The question presented for review is whether a city ordinance violation […]

William E. Peters Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: February 24, 1978 SUBJECT: CONSTITUTIONAL VALIDITY OF LB 131 REQUESTED BY: William E. Peters, State Tax Commissioner, State Office Building, Lincoln, Nebraska. WRITTEN BY: Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General, Ralph H. Gillan, Assistant Attorney General. Can the forfeiture provisions of section 77-1354, 1977 Supp., be […]