The Fifth Judge: Thompson v. Heineman and Nebraska’s Judicial Supermajority Clause

Authors

Kathleen Miller, University of Nebraska College of Law

Date of this Version

5-31-2015

Document Type

Article

Citation

Nebraska Law Bulletin (May 31, 2015)

Comments

Copyright 2015, the author

Abstract

Part I of this article discusses the history of the judicial supermajority clause in both Nebraska and other states. Part II of this article examines the effects of the supermajority clause on cases before the Nebraska Supreme Court and how the clause came into play in Thompson v. Heineman.