INTRODUCTION|The Board of Editors of the Creighton Law Review is pleased to present the second annual Creighton Law Review Survey of Nebraska Law.|The summary is divided alphabetically by subject area. In each area, any ...

FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|The dedication of the Ahmanson Law Center of the Creighton University School of Law on September 13, 1975, marked the culmination of five years of planning and preparation by the administration, law ...

INTRODUCTION|Seventy years ago President Roosevelt stumped the country urging congressional action on his proposal to create federal agency regulation over railroad rates. His recurrent theme was: [W]e want an administrative ...

INTRODUCTION|Most jurisdictions have a statutory provision allowing a spouse a specified percentage of her husband's estate upon his death. If he leaves no will, she receives that statutory distributive share of his estate ...

INTRODUCTION|The decision of the Nebraska Supreme Court in Knoefler Honey Farms v. County of Sherman dealt in general terms with the topic of appeals of decisions from the county board of equalization to the district court. ...

FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|In Ruan Transport Corporation v. Herman Brothers, Inc. Herman Brothers, as a competing carrier, challenged an application by Ruan Transport Corporation for a certificate of public convenience and necessity ...

FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|The extent of coverage of the Nebraska Workmen's Compensation Act was at issue in two decisions by the Nebraska Supreme Court during the survey period. While the court significantly broadened the scope ...

FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|In the area of taxation, the Nebraska Supreme Court first considered Stahmer v. State. This action sought a declaratory judgment that the Nebraska statute which exempted from the personal property tax a ...

FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|During the past year the Supreme Court of Nebraska was confronted with a wide variety of cases in the field of torts. In the great majority of these cases the issues were easily resolved by reference to ...

FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|During the review period, the Nebraska Supreme Court decided one case which clarified the law concerning the jurisdiction over the supervision of the administration of testamentary trusts.|In Johnson v. ...