You Can’t Take My Land! Is Thompson v. Heineman, 289 Neb. 798, 857 N.W.2d 731 (2015), Transformative Law or a Political Anomaly?

Authors

Adam W. Kauffman, University of Nebraska College of Law

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Background ... A. Political Plaintiffs: A Summary of Thompson v. Heineman ... 1. Popular Background ... 2. Case Background ... B. Constitutional Supermajority Requirement ... C. Nebraska’s Law on Standing to Sue

III. Analysis ... A. Minority’s Explanation Understands and Protects Nebraska’s Law on Standing ... 1. Jurisdictional Requirements Should be Decided before an Opinion Is Rendered ... 2. Underlying Policies of the Law of Standing Are Closer to the Minority ... B. Minority’s Supermajority Interpretation Mirrors the Court’s Past Application ... 1. Insufficient-Majority Provides An Impracticable Rule on Standing ... 2. Asserting the Difference between Holding and Dicta … 3. Cases from Nebraska’s Past and Ohio Prove Illustrative

IV. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Adam W. Kauffman, You Can’t Take My Land! Is Thompson v. Heineman, 289 Neb. 798, 857 N.W.2d 731 (2015), Transformative Law or a Political Anomaly?, 95 Neb. L. Rev. 548 (2016)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol95/iss2/6