Nebraska Law Review

Volume 79 | Issue 1 Article 5

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Nebraska Practice Materials—A SelectiveAnnotated BibliographyBeth SmithJohn J. Ross–William C. Blakley Law Library, Arizona State University

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Table of Contents

I. Reference W orks ...................................... 120A. Research Guides ............................ 120B. Directories of Agencies ............................ 120C. Directories of Attorneys ........................... 121D. Listings of Civil Jury Verdicts ..................... 121

II. Periodicals ............................................ 121III. Newspapers ........................................... 122IV. Primary Sources ...................................... 123

A. Legislative Materials .............................. 1231. Statutory Compilations ........................ 1232. Session Laws .................................. 1243. B ills ........................................... 1254. Other Legislative Materials .................... 125

B. Judicial Materials ................................. 1261. Court Reports ................................. 1262. Bankruptcy Decisions .......................... 1293. Digests ........................................ 1294. Citators ....................................... 1305. Court Rules ................................... 1306. Jury Instructions .............................. 1327. Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court ....... 1328. Other Judicial Materials ....................... 132

C. Administrative Materials .......................... 1331. Rules and Regulations ......................... 1332. Attorney General Opinions ..................... 1333. Agency Decisions .............................. 134

i. Nebraska Accountability and DisclosureCommission ................................ 134

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Assistant Director and Head of Public Services, John J. Ross-William C. BlakleyLaw Library, Arizona State University. Formerly held a position as ReferenceLibrarian and Assistant Professor of Law Library, Schmid Law Library, Univer-sity of Nebraska College of Law.

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ii. Nebraska Commission of IndustrialRelations .................................. 134

iii. Nebraska Department of Water Resourcesand Department of EnvironmentalControl .................................... 134

iv. Nebraska Department of Revenue .......... 135v. Nebraska Tax Equalization and Review

Commission ................................ 1354. Nebraska State Bar Association ................ 135

D. Municipal Codes .................................. 135V. Secondary Sources by Subject ......................... 136

A. Appellate Procedure ............................... 136B. Bankruptcy ....................................... 136C. Business .......................................... 136D. Collection Practices ................................ 137E. Criminal .......................................... 137F. Employment ...................................... 137G. Estate Planning and Probate ...................... 138H . Evidence .......................................... 139I. Family ............................................ 139J. Real Estate ....................................... 140K . School ............................................ 140L. Taxation .......................................... 141M . Trial Practice ..................................... 142N. Workers' Compensation ........................... 1420. Miscellaneous ..................................... 143

VI. Law Library Catalog Access ........................... 143VII. Nebraska Attorney Mailing List ....................... 143

VIII. Directory of Publishers ................................ 143

This is a selective bibliography of primary and secondary materialsused in the practice of law in Nebraska. For the most part, materialsfocusing exclusively on Nebraska law published between 1991 andJune 30, 1999 are included. It updates the 1991 bibliography "LegalResearch Tools for the Nebraska Practitioner: An AnnotatedBibliography" by Sally Wise and Patricia Cervenka.1 The mostobvious difference between this bibliography and the earlier one is theprevalence of electronic resources such as sites on the World WideWeb. Electronic resources have been incorporated with print sources,rather than treated separately.

The bibliography is arranged in the following sections: referenceworks; periodicals; newspapers; primary sources (legislative, judicial,administrative, and municipal); secondary sources arranged by

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subject; law library catalogs; e-mail discussion lists; and a directory ofpublishers.

I. REFERENCE WORKS

A. Research Guides

Michie's Research Guide to Nebraska Law. Ann C. Fletcher, Paul F.Hill, Kay L. Andrus, and Ana Marie Hinman. Charlottesville, VA:LEXIS Law Publishing, 1995. Former publisher: The Michie Com-pany. Softbound. It is also available on LEXIS Law Publishing's CD-ROM Nebraska Law on Disc. The guide was written by the librariansof the Klutznick Law Library, Creighton University, who are cur-rently working on an updated edition. It includes the following units:Courts; Constitutions; Legislature; Statutory Codes; Administrativeand Executive Research; and Electronic Sources of Nebraska Legal In-formation. A "User's Guide to the Revised Statutes of Nebraska Anno-tated" is an appendix.

Nebraska Legal Research & Reference Manual. Paul F. Hill. St. Paul,MN: Mason Publishing Company, 1983. Looseleaf. Although thework is a bit dated, it is an excellent resource for historical informa-tion. It has the following chapters: Courts; Constitutions; Legislature;Administrative Law; and Legal Bibliography.

The Nebraska State Constitution: A Reference Guide. Robert D.Miewald and Peter J. Longo. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.(No. 13 of the series Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of theUnited States.) Hardbound. Not updated. The first section is a his-tory of the Nebraska Constitution. The bulk of the book reprints eachsection of the Constitution, followed by commentary that includes casereferences. A bibliography, table of cases, and index are included.

B. Directories of Agencies

A Legislator's Guide to Nebraska State Agencies. Lincoln, NE: Ne-braska Legislative Fiscal Office. Biennial. 1999/00 is the most recentedition. The budget, program objectives, program description, andstatistics are listed for each Nebraska agency.

Nebraska Blue Book. Lincoln, NE: Clerk of the Legislature.Softbound. A new edition is published every other year in odd-num-bered years. 1998/99 is the most recent edition. The book includes afairly detailed description of each state agency, including references tothe sections of the Nebraska Code or Constitution that authorize theagency's actions. Names of officials, addresses, and phone numbersare listed. It includes the Nebraska Constitution, a directory of sena-tors, judges, and county officials, and an index. It is also available onthe web at http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/bluebook/index.htm.

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Classified Directory of Nebraska State Offices. Lincoln, NE: NebraskaDepartment of Administrative Services. This web page is a directoryof state agencies and personnel. The URL ishttp://www.das.state.ne.us/das-doc/doc/directory.htm.

The Nebraska state government home page has a listing of Nebraskastate agencies with internet sites and provides links to each agency'sweb site. The URL is http://www.state.ne.us/agency.html.

C. Directories of Attorneys

The Bar Directory. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska State Bar Association. An-nual. 1999 is the most recent edition. Phone numbers and addressesof active and inactive members of the Nebraska State Bar Association,judges, county officials, and NSBA officers and staff are included.

Nebraska State Bar Association Member DataBase. The database is afree resource on the Nebraska State Bar Association's web site thatgives addresses and phone numbers of NSBA members. The URL ishttp://www.nebar.com/directory/dir.asp.

List of Practicing Attorneys. Lincoln Legal Professionals Association.Lincoln, NE: Gant Pub. Co. 1999 is the most recent edition.

NCDAA Membership Directory. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Criminal De-fense Attorneys Association. Annual. 1999 is the most recent edition.The addresses and phone numbers of the members of the NebraskaCriminal Defense Attorneys Association are listed.

D. Listings of Civil Jury Verdicts

Lincoln Bar Association Newsletter. Lincoln, NE: Lincoln Bar Associa-tion. Three times a year. Civil jury verdicts from Lancaster andDouglas county and district courts and the U.S. District Court for theDistrict of Nebraska are included.

Omaha Bar Newsletter. Omaha, NE: Omaha Bar Association. Quar-terly. It includes civil jury verdicts for Douglas and Sarpy Countycourts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska.

The Prairie Barrister. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Association of Trial At-torneys. Quarterly. Nebraska civil jury verdicts are included.

II. PERIODICALS

Creighton Law Review. Omaha, NE: Creighton University School ofLaw. Quarterly. It is available on LEXIS-NEXIS as the CreightonLaw Review (CRTLR) database beginning June 1993 and on Westlawas the CRLR database with selected coverage beginning 1982 and fullcoverage beginning 1994.

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Habeas Corpus: Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys AssociationNewsletter. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Asso-ciation. Issued nine times a year.

Lincoln Bar Newsletter. Lincoln, NE: Lincoln Bar Association. Threetimes a year.

Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission Update. Lincoln, NE: Ne-braska Equal Opportunity Commission. Quarterly. This is a currentawareness newsletter regarding equal opportunity in employment,housing, and public accommodations.

Nebraska Judicial News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Nebraska Judi-cial Officials and Personnel. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska State Court Ad-ministrator. It continues Nebraska Judicial Newsletter. Quarterly.

Nebraska Law Review. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Collegeof Law. Quarterly. It is available on LEXIS-NEXIS as the Universityof Nebraska Law Review (UNELR) database beginning 1992 and onWestlaw as the NELR database with selected coverage beginning1983 and full coverage beginning 1993.

The Nebraska Lawyer. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska State Bar Association.Monthly. It continues NSBA News. Beginning with the May 1998 is-sue, it is available on the Nebraska Bar Association's web site at http://www.nebar.com/mbs/mag.htm.

The Nebraska Prosecutor. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska County AttorneysAssociation.

Omaha Bar Newsletter. Omaha, NE: Omaha Bar Association.Quarterly.

The Prairie Barrister. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Association of Trial At-torneys. Quarterly.

Unicameral Update. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska State Legislature. Thisis a free newsletter published weekly by the Clerk of the Legislaturewhile the Legislature is in session and periodically during the interim.It is also available on the Legislature's web site at http:llwww.unicam.state.ne.us/update.htm.

III. NEWSPAPERS

The Daily Record. Omaha, NE: A.H. Henningsen. Published daily ex-cept Saturday and Sunday. This is the official legal newspaper forOmaha, Douglas County, the Fourth Judicial District Court, the De-partment of Roads, Omaha Bar Association, Omaha Barristers Club,Omaha Legal Secretary's Association, and the Nebraska Associationof Legal Assistants. It includes business and legal news, court docketsfrom the Fourth Judicial District and Douglas County courts, bank-ruptcy filings, legal notices, items filed with the Register of Deeds, and

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automobile and truck certificates of title for Douglas and Lancastercounties.

The Daily Reporter. Lincoln, NE: Gant Publishing Co. Publisheddaily expect Saturday and Sunday. It includes court dockets fromLancaster County district and county courts, notices from the Secre-tary of State regarding new corporations and trade name registra-tions, items filed with the register of deeds, financing statements filedwith the county clerk, applications for marriage licenses, public no-tices, building permits, automobile and truck certificates of title forLancaster County, and lists of filings and decisions from federal court,the Nebraska Supreme Court, Nebraska Court of Appeals, and Com-mission of Industrial Relations.

IV. PRIMARY SOURCES

A. Legislative Materials

1. Statutory Compilations

Revised Statutes of Nebraska. Lincoln, NE: Revisor of Statutes, 1943.12 hardbound volumes. Updated by new reissue volumes,2 addedvolumes and softbound supplements. Cumulative softbound supple-ments are issued in even-numbered years. In odd-numbered years,additional noncumulative softbound supplements are issued.

In addition to statutory text, the set contains source notes and annota-tions of selected cases. In the hardbound volumes, case annotationsfollow the statutory text. In the softbound supplements, case annota-tions are located at the beginning of volume 1. The Nebraska Consti-tution is located at the beginning of volume 2. A softbound index isreissued periodically, most recently in 1998. The set includes a crossreference tables volume.

Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated. Charlottesville, VA: LEXISLaw Publishing. Former publisher: The Michie Company. 23hardbound volumes. The unofficial Nebraska code uses the samenumbering system as the official code. The set is updated by replace-ment and added volumes, pocket parts, softbound supplements, and asoftbound Advance Code Service which includes new statutory textand annotations. The Advance Code Service is issued three times ayear and is cumulative. In addition to statutory text, the set containssource notes, case annotations, and references to Nebraska AttorneyGeneral opinions, law review articles, and American Law Reports

2. There is no schedule for the reissuing of bound volumes, and the volumes are notall reissued at the same time. A list of the current reissue dates can be found onthe page immediately following the title page of the first volume of the most re-cent supplement. Reissue volumes should be at least as current as those on thislist.

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(ALR) annotations. The Nebraska Constitution is at the beginning ofvolume 1. The set includes a softbound Nebraska Court Rules Anno-tated volume. The softbound index covers the Code and court rulesand is replaced annually. A cross reference tables volume is included.

The Nebraska Code is on the Legislature's web site at http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/statutes.htm. The statutes may be browsedsection by section or searched by key word. There are no case annota-tions, source notes, or information about the currentness of thedatabase.

LEXIS-NEXIS. The Nebraska Code (NECODE) database includesNebraska statutes, Constitution, and court rules accompanied bysource notes, case annotations, and references to Nebraska AttorneyGeneral opinions, law review articles, and American Law Reports(ALR) annotations. It includes Nebraska session laws enacted sincethe Code was last updated. LEXIS-NEXIS is a product of Lexis Pub-lishing and is available to subscribers on the web at http://www.lexis.com/xchange/.

Westlaw. The NE-ST database includes unannotated Nebraska stat-utes, Constitution, and court rules accompanied by source notes. TheNE-ST-ANN database has Nebraska statutes, Constitution, and courtrules accompanied by source notes and case annotations. Westlaw is aproduct of West Group and is available to subscribers on the web athttp://westlaw.com/.

Nebraska Law on Disc (CD-ROM). Charlottesville, VA: LEXIS LawPublishing. Former publisher: The Michie Company. The CD-ROMincludes statutory text accompanied by source notes, case annota-tions, and references to Nebraska Attorney General opinions, law re-view articles, and American Law Reports (ALR) annotations.

West Premise (CD-ROM). Eagan, MN: West Group. The CD-ROM in-cludes Nebraska statutes, Constitution, and court rules accompaniedby source notes and case annotations.

LOIS Nebraska Professional Library (CD-ROM). Van Buren, AR: LawOffice Information Systems. The CD-ROM includes Nebraska stat-utes accompanied by source notes and case annotations. The databaseis available to subscribers of the LOIS Professional Library, NebraskaSeries on the web at http://www.loislaw.com/.

2. Session Laws

Laws of Nebraska. Lincoln, NE: Secretary of State. Annual. This isthe official publication of the Nebraska session laws, which are ar-ranged in the volumes by bill number. The volumes include a subjectindex, list of statutes amended or repealed, list of legislators, and theNebraska Constitution.

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LEXIS-NEXIS. The Nebraska Slip Laws (NEALS) database has Ne-braska session laws beginning 1989. The Nebraska Code (NECODE)database includes Nebraska session laws enacted since the Code waslast updated, in addition to annotated Nebraska statutes, court rules,and Constitution.

Westlaw. The NE-LEGIS database covers session laws from the mostrecent legislative session. The NE-LEGIS-OLD database includes ses-sion laws from 1990 to the second most recent legislative session.

West Premise (CD-ROM). Eagan, MN: West Group. The CD-ROM in-cludes session laws from the most recent legislative session.

3. Bills

Legislative bills and resolutions are available from the Clerk of theLegislature, Bill Room, during legislative sessions. To check the sta-tus of a bill during session, call the legislative hot line, a service of theClerk of the Legislature, at (402) 471-2709 or (800) 742-7456.

Nebraska bills from the current session are on the Legislature's website at http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/Bills.htm. They are accessibleby bill number and searchable by key word.

LEXIS-NEKIS. The Nebraska Bill Text (NETEXT) database has billsfrom the current legislative session. The Nebraska Bill Tracking(NETRCK) database includes summaries and legislative chronology ofbills from the current session.

Westlaw. The NE-BILLTXT database has bills from the current legis-lative session. The NE-BILLTRK database includes summaries andlegislative chronology of bills from the current session.

4. Other Legislative Materials

Legislative Journal of the State of Nebraska. Lincoln, NE: Legisla-ture. The Journal is issued daily when the Legislature is in sessionand recompiled as bound volumes after the session is over. Approxi-mately 2 volumes are issued per year. The Journal has summaries ofthe Legislature's daily floor activities, votes, the text of amendments,opinions by the Attorney General in response to senators' questions,messages to the Legislature from the Governor, a list of senators,rules of the Legislature, a chronology of bills, a list of bills and resolu-tions by introducer, a list of bills by committee, and a subject index.

The Journal from the current legislative session is on the Legislature'sweb site at http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/ljournal.htm and is accessi-ble by date.

Floor debates, hearings, committee records, exhibits, and bills begin-ning 1965, 75th session of the Legislature, are available on 16 mm

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microfilm from the State of Nebraska, Records Management Division.They are available at the following locations: Nebraska StateArchives; Clerk of the Legislature; Nebraska Library Commission;Creighton University Law Library; University of Nebraska Law Li-brary; and the libraries of the University of Nebraska Lincoln, Kear-ney and Omaha campuses. There is a 1-2 year delay before the film isavailable. For assistance, contact the Legislative Records Historian'sOffice at (402) 471-3215.

Live viewing of floor proceedings and selected hearings is available atthe Legislature's web site at http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/video.htm. It requires Real Player software. Information aboutdownloading the free Real Player is on the site.

Also available from the Legislature are the following for the currentlegislative session: subject and section indexes to bills and constitu-tional resolutions; daily worksheet; daily agenda; and weekly scheduleof committee hearings. These are also on the Legislature's web site athttp://www.unicam.state.ne.us/.

Directory of Membership Committees, Employees of the Legislature.Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Legislature. Compiled by the Clerk of the Leg-islature. Annual. The most recent edition is 2000.

Shepard's Nebraska Citations. 7th ed. Colorado Springs, CO: Shep-ard's, 1994. 3 hardbound volumes. Updated with hardbound andsoftbound supplements. It lists amendments and other legislative ac-tivity relating to each Nebraska statute, as well as Nebraska and fed-eral cases, Nebraska Attorney General opinions, and Nebraska lawreview articles citing the statute. It covers session laws and local ordi-nances and includes a table of acts by popular name. Shepard's Ne-braska Citations is also available on CD-ROM and LEXIS-NEXIS.

KeyCite. This citator is available exclusively on Westlaw. It lists stat-utory amendments and cases, law review articles and other secondarysources citing Nebraska statutes.

For assistance compiling a Nebraska legislative history, see the guideprepared by the librarians at the Schmid Law Library, University ofNebraska at http://www.unl.edu/lawcoll/library/compile.htm.

B. Judicial Materials

1. Court Reports

Nebraska Supreme Court Slip Opinions. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Su-preme Court. The Nebraska Supreme Court releases opinions eachFriday while in session.

Nebraska Advance Sheets. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Supreme Court.These contain a week's worth of opinions and are available approxi-

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mately 1-2 weeks after the opinions are released. Each issue includesa table of cases reported, lists of cases disposed of by memorandumopinion, cases disposed of without opinion, and petitions for furtherreview, and an index of headnote topics.

Nebraska Reports. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Supreme Court. The offi-cial reporter is updated by the Nebraska Advance Sheets. Approxi-mately 2-3 volumes are published each year. The set began in 1871and now consists of 253 hardbound volumes. Each volume includes atable of cases, index of headnote topics, directory of judges, and lists ofcases disposed of by filed memorandum opinion, disposed of withoutopinion, and on petition for further review.

Nebraska Court of Appeals Slip Opinions. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Su-preme Court. The Nebraska Court of Appeals was created in 1991and heard its first case in February 1992. The court releases opinionseach Tuesday while in session.

Decisions of the Nebraska Court of Appeals. Lincoln, NE: NebraskaSupreme Court. These weekly advance sheets are available approxi-mately 1-2 weeks after the opinions are released. They include opin-ions designated by the court for permanent publication. Until July 1,1998, they also include opinions not designated for permanent publi-cation. Each issue includes a table of cases reported, lists of cases dis-posed of by memorandum opinion and judgment on appeal, casesdisposed of without opinion, petitions for further review, and opinionsnot designated for permanent publication, and an index of headnotetopics.

Nebraska Appellate Reports. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Supreme Court.The official reporter includes only those opinions designated by thecourt for permanent publication. It is updated by Decisions of the Ne-braska Court of Appeals. Approximately 1 volume is issued per year.The set now consists of 6 hardbound volumes. Each volume includes atable of cases reported, lists of cases disposed of by memorandumopinion and judgment on appeal, disposed of without opinion, and onpetition for further review, and an index of headnote topics.

West's North Western Reporter and North Western Reporter, SecondSeries. St. Paul, MN: West Group. Updated weekly by softbound ad-vance sheet pamphlets. The first series covers 1879-1941 and has 300hardbound volumes. The second series began 1942 and has 603hardbound volumes, adding approximately 15 volumes a year. Eachvolume includes decisions of the Nebraska Supreme Court and pub-lished decisions of the Nebraska Court of Appeals, in addition to opin-ions of the state courts of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota,South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Each decision has a synopsis and head-notes written by editors at West Group. The headnotes have applica-ble West digest topics and key numbers. The volumes have parallel

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citation tables, tables of cases arranged alphabetically and by state,table of federal and state statutes cited, a Words and Phrases section,and a digest of cases in that volume using the West key numbersystem.

The Nebraska Judicial Branch web site has Nebraska Supreme Courtand Court of Appeals published slip opinions from the past 90 days.The opinions are available within hours of their release. The opinionsare searchable by key word and accessible by date. The URL is http:/!court.nol.org/opinions/opinindex.htm.

The Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy's web site has recentopinions of the Nebraska Supreme Court and published and unpub-lished opinions of the Nebraska Court of Appeals that have criminaland juvenile law issues. The opinions are accessible by date andsearchable by key word. The URL is http://www.nol.org/home/ncpa/.

LEXIS-NEXIS. The Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of AppealsCases (NECTS) database has Nebraska Supreme Court decisionssince 1965 and published and unpublished Nebraska Court of Appealsdecisions since 1992. The decisions are available 1-2 weeks after theirrelease.

Westlaw. The NE-CS database has Nebraska Supreme Court casessince 1879 and published and unpublished Nebraska Court of Appealscases since 1992. The decisions are available 1-2 weeks after theirrelease.

Nebraska Law on Disc (CD-ROM). Charlottesville, VA: LEXIS LawPublishing. Former publisher: The Michie Company. The CD-ROMhas Nebraska Supreme Court decisions since December 1964 and pub-lished and unpublished Nebraska Court of Appeals decisions since1992. It is updated quarterly.

West Premise (CD-ROM). Eagan, MN: West Group. The CD-ROM hasNebraska Supreme Court decisions since 1879 and published and un-published Nebraska Court of Appeals decisions since 1992. It is up-dated quarterly.

LOIS Nebraska Professional Library (CD-ROM). Van Buren, AR: LawOffice Information Systems. The CD-ROM contains Nebraska Su-preme Court decisions since 1949 and published Nebraska Court ofAppeals decisions since 1992. It is updated quarterly. Subscribersmay download new Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of Appealsdecisions weekly. The database is available to subscribers of the LOISProfessional Library, Nebraska Series on the web at http:l/www.loislaw.com/.

Subscribers of the VersusLaw service, which is available on the web athttp://www.versuslaw.com/, have access to Nebraska Supreme Court

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decisions since 1965 and Nebraska Court of Appeals decisions since1992.

2. Bankruptcy Decisions

Nebraska Bankruptcy Service. Omaha, NE: Legal Information Ser-vices, Inc. This is an index of published and unpublished decisions ofthe U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nebraska. The decisionsare indexed by U.S. Code section, federal rule, Nebraska statute, Uni-form Commercial Code section, and subject. It includes an alphabeti-cal table of cases. The slip opinions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe District of Nebraska are available from Legal Information Ser-vices, Inc.

1999 opinions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Ne-braska are available on the Nebraska State Bar Association's web siteat http://www.nebar.com/bankruptcy/index.asp. The opinions are ac-cessible by date and by case number.

The web site of the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the EighthCircuit has the court's opinions beginning November 14, 1997. TheURL is http:/ls.wustl.edu/8th.cir/bindex.html.

LEXIS-NEXIS. The USAPP, DIST and Bankruptcy Court Cases - 8thCircuit (8BKR) database has bankruptcy cases from the court of ap-peals, district courts, bankruptcy appellate panel, and bankruptcycourts within the Eighth Circuit.

3. Digests

West's Nebraska Digest 2d. St. Paul, MN: West Group. 36 hardboundvolumes. Updated by added and revised volumes, supplementarypamphlets, and pocket parts. The second edition completely replacesthe first and covers the years 1855 to date. It indexes cases of theNebraska Supreme Court, Nebraska Court of Appeals, and casesoriginating in Nebraska and decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and U.S. District Court forthe District of Nebraska. It is organized by the West topic and keynumber system and includes a descriptive word index and alphabeti-cal table of cases. The digest is also available on CD-ROM.

West's North Western Digest (First and Second). St. Paul, MN: WestGroup The first edition was published in 1932 under the title NorthWestern Digest, 1836 to Date. The second edition consists of 36hardbound volumes and supplements, rather than replaces, the firstedition. It is updated by replacement volumes, supplementary pam-phlets, annual pocket parts, and "mini-digests" at the end of thevolumes of North Western Reporter, Second Series and towards the be-ginning of the advance sheets of the North Western Reporter, SecondSeries. It indexes cases reported in the North Western Reporter and

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North Western Reporter, Second Series. It uses the West topic and keynumber system and includes an alphabetical table of cases and de-scriptive word index.

4. Citators

Shepard's Nebraska Citations. 7th ed. Colorado Springs, CO: Shep-ard's, 1994. 3 hardbound volumes. Updated with hardbound andsoftbound supplements. It lists citations to Nebraska cases reportedin Nebraska Reports, Nebraska Appellate Reports, North Western Re-porter and North Western Reporter, Second Series from Nebraska andfederal cases, Nebraska Attorney General opinions and secondarysources such as American Law Reports (ALR) annotations and law re-view articles. In addition, it lists citations to Nebraska statutes, Con-stitution, evidence rules, court rules, codes of professionalresponsibility and judicial conduct, and civil and criminal jury instruc-tions. It is also available on CD-ROM and LEXIS-NEXIS.

Shepard's North Western Reporter Citations. 5th ed. ColoradoSprings, CO: Shepard's, 1993. 10 hardbound volumes. Updated withhardbound and softbound supplements. It lists citations to cases re-ported in North Western Reporter and North Western Reporter, SecondSeries from cases from all 50 states, federal cases, and some secondarysources such as American Law Reports (ALR) annotations and theABA Journal, but not law review articles. It is also available on CD-ROM and LEXIS-NEXIS.

KeyCite. It is available exclusively on Westlaw. It lists citations toNebraska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals decisions from casesfrom the courts of all 50 states, federal courts, American Law Reports(ALR) annotations, and law review articles.

5. Court Rules

Pending and final Nebraska Supreme Court rules are published in theNebraska Advance Sheets.

Nebraska Rules of Court Annotated. Charlottesville, VA: LEXIS LawPublishing. Former publisher: The Michie Company. Softbound. An-nual. It includes rules of the Nebraska Supreme Court and Court ofAppeals, county and district courts, workers' compensation court, U.S.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and U.S. District Court forthe District of Nebraska, Nebraska discovery rules, the NebraskaRules of Bankruptcy Procedure, annotations of Nebraska and federalcases, and references to Nebraska Attorney General opinions, law re-view articles, and American Law Reports (ALR) annotations. It is in-dexed in the Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated index volume.Additionally, many of the rules have their own index.

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Nebraska Court Rules and Procedure - State and Federal. St. Paul,MN: West Group. Annual. It includes the rules of the Nebraska Su-preme Court and Court of Appeals, county and district courts, work-ers' compensation court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit,and U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, Nebraska discov-ery rules, Nebraska Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Code of Civil Pro-cedure, Rules of Evidence, and Code of Criminal Procedure. A few ofthe rules have indexes, but not all.

The Nebraska Judicial Branch web site has the rules of the NebraskaSupreme Court and Court of Appeals and Nebraska Child SupportGuidelines. The URL is http://court.nol.org/rules/rulesindex.htm.

LEXIS-NEXIS. The Nebraska Court Rules (NERULE) database hasthe rules of the Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals,county courts, and U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska,Nebraska discovery rules, and the Nebraska Rules of Bankruptcy Pro-cedure. The database is updated annually.

Westlaw. The NE-RULES database has the rules of the Nebraska Su-preme Court and Court of Appeals, county and district courts, work-ers' compensation court, and U.S. District Court for the District ofNebraska, Nebraska discovery rules, and Nebraska Rules of Bank-ruptcy Procedure. The NE-ORDERS database has court orders thatamend the rules in the NE-RULES database.

Nebraska Law on Disc (CD-ROM). Charlottesville, VA: LEXIS LawPublishing. Former publisher: The Michie Company. The CD-ROMincludes the rules of the Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of Ap-peals, county and district courts, workers' compensation court, U.S.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and U.S. District Court forthe District of Nebraska, Nebraska discovery rules, and NebraskaRules of Bankruptcy Procedure. It is updated quarterly.

West Premise (CD-ROM). Eagan, MN: West Group. The CD-ROM hasthe rules of the Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals,county and district courts, workers' compensation court, and U.S. Dis-trict Court for the District of Nebraska, Nebraska discovery rules, Ne-braska Rules of Bankruptcy Procedures, and court orders updatingstate and local federal court rules. It is updated quarterly.

LOIS Nebraska Professional Library (CD-ROM). Van Buren, AR: LawOffice Information Systems. The CD-ROM contains the rules of theNebraska Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, county courts, and dis-trict courts, and Nebraska discovery rules. It is updated quarterly,and subscribers may download new court rules weekly. The databaseis available to subscribers of the LOIS Professional Library, NebraskaSeries on the web at http://www.loislaw.com/.

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6. Jury Instructions

Nebraska Jury Instructions (Civil). 2nd ed. St. Paul, MN: WestGroup, 1992. Prepared by the Nebraska Supreme Court Committeeon Practice and Procedure. 1 volume looseleaf. Updated annually. Itincludes commentary, case annotations, tables of statutes and cases,and a subject index.

Nebraska Jury Instructions (Criminal). 2nd ed. St. Paul, MN: WestGroup, 1992. Prepared by the Nebraska Supreme Court Committeeon Practice and Procedure. 1 volume looseleaf. It has not been up-dated. It includes commentary, case annotations, table of statutesand cases, and a subject index.LOIS Nebraska Professional Library (CD-ROM). Van Buren, AR: LawOffice Information Systems. The CD-ROM contains the Nebraskacivil jury instructions, including commentary and case annotations. Itis updated quarterly. The database is available to subscribers of theLOIS Professional Library, Nebraska Series on the web at http:llwww.loislaw.com/.

The web site of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska hasmodel civil jury instructions and model criminal jury instructions, aswell as the court's rules and forms. The URL is http://www.ned.uscourts.gov/.

7. Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court

Rules of Procedure of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court.Lincoln, NE: The Court, 1986. Last revised in 1998. The publicationhas the court's rules in 1 looseleaf volume.

Nebraska Workers' Compensation Law. Lincoln, NE: The Court, 1997.The publication has the applicable state statutes with source notesand case annotations.

The Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court web site is at http:llwww.nol.org/workcomp/. It has the court's procedural rules, the publi-cation Nebraska Workers' Compensation Law, the court's forms, andThe Forms Workbook, which was published by the Nebraska Workers'Compensation Court in 1996 and is a guide to the court's forms.

Westlaw. The NEWC-ADMIN database has the court's opinions from1981 to the present.

Beginning 1998, the court's opinions are available for purchase fromLegal Information Services, Inc.

8. Other Judicial Materials

Briefs filed with the Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of Appealsare available from the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the University of

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Nebraska Law Library (1931 to date), Creighton University Law Li-brary (1877 to date), and the State Law Library (1874 to date).

Nebraska Blue and White Book. St. Paul, MN: West Group.Softbound. Annual. It converts North Western Reporter citations toNebraska Reports and Nebraska Appellate Reports citations and viceversa.

Shepard's Nebraska Case Names Citator. Colorado Springs, CO:Shepard's, 1988. Hardbound. Updated with softbound supplements.It alphabetically lists Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of Appealscases from 1900 to the present.

C. Administrative Materials1. Rules and Regulations

Nebraska Administrative Rules and Regulations. Lincoln, NE: Secre-tary of State. The official publication of the administrative regula-tions of Nebraska state agencies consists of 34 looseleaf volumes andis updated periodically by replacement pages. There is no index withthe set, but there is an alphabetical list of agencies at the beginning ofvolume 1. There is a table of contents at the beginning of some agen-cies' regulations.

LOIS Nebraska Professional Library (CD-ROM). Van Buren, AR: LawOffice Information Systems. The CD-ROM contains the Nebraska Ad-inistrative Code, which is searchable by key word. It is updatedquarterly. The database is available to subscribers of the LOIS Pro-fessional Library, Nebraska Series on the web at http:llwww.loislaw.com/.

The Nebraska Secretary of State's Office has put some titles of theNebraska Administrative Code on their web site at http://www.nol.org/home/SOS/Rules/rrdisc.htm. Additional titles will be ad-ded later. The code is not searchable, but according to a statement onthe web site, search capabilities will be available in the future.

LEXIS-NEXIS. The Nebraska State Regulation Tracking (NERGTR)database has summaries and status information about pending regu-lations provided by Information for Public Affairs, Inc.

Westlaw. The ENFLEX-NE database has Nebraska environmental,health, and safety regulations. The NEIN-ADC database has Ne-braska insurance regulations. The NE-REGTRK database has sum-maries and status information about pending regulations provided byInformation for Public Affairs, Inc.

2. Attorney General Opinions

Nebraska Attorney General Opinions. Lincoln, NE: Department ofJustice. Current opinions are issued in letter form.

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Opinions from 1997 to the present are available on the Nebraska At-torney General's web site at http://www.nol.org/home/ago/opin-ions.htm. The opinions are searchable by key word.

LEXIS-NEXIS. The Nebraska Attorney General opinions (NEAG)database has Nebraska Attorney General opinions beginning 1976.

Westlaw. The NE-AG database has Nebraska Attorney General opin-ions beginning 1976.

West Premise (CD-ROM). Eagan, MN: West Group. The CD-ROM hasNebraska Attorney General opinions beginning 1976. It is updatedquarterly.

LOIS Nebraska Professional Library (CD-ROM). Van Buren, AR: LawOffice Information Systems. The CD-ROM contains Nebraska Attor-ney General Opinions beginning 1976. It is updated quarterly. Thedatabase is available to subscribers of the LOIS Professional Library,Nebraska Series on the web at http://www.loislaw.com/.

3. Agency Decisions

i. Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission

The Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission's web sitehas the Commission's advisory opinions beginning 1977. It also hasthe Digest of Opinions of the Nebraska Accountability and DisclosureCommission, which has summaries of opinions from 1977 to the pre-sent. The URL is http://nadc.nol.org/.

ii. Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations

Report of Cases Appearing Before the Commission of Industrial Rela-tions of the State of Nebraska. Lincoln, NE: The Commission. 11hardbound volumes covering 1947-1992. The more recent volumes aresoftbound.

Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations Case Digest. Lincoln,NE: The Commission. Last supplemented in 1999. It has summariesof cases arranged by subject and includes a table of cases.

The Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations' web site has theNebraska Commission of Industrial Relations Reporter, available tosubscribers only. The URL is http://www.nol.org/home/NCIR/. TheNebraska Commission of Industrial Relations Reporter is also availa-ble from the Commission on a disk in WordPerfect 5.1.

iii. Nebraska Department of Water Resources andDepartment of Environmental Control

Westlaw's NEENV-ADMIN database has the agency's decisions begin-ning April 1983, with two decisions from 1977 and one from 1979.

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iv. Nebraska Department of Revenue

The Nebraska Department of Revenue's web site has revenue rulingsissued by the State Tax Commissioner beginning November 1996.The URL is http://www.nol.org/home/NDR/.

LEXIS-NEXIS. The Nebraska Tax (NETAX) database has Nebraskarevenue rulings beginning 1975, with one revenue ruling from 1974.

v. Nebraska Tax Equalization and Review Commission

Decisions and Orders of the Tax Equalization and Review Commis-sion. Lincoln, NE: The Commission. Beginning January 1, 1996.

4. Nebraska State Bar Association

Nebraska Lawyers Desk Book. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska State Bar Asso-ciation. 1 volume looseleaf. Updated periodically. The publicationhas the rules of the Nebraska State Bar Association and the NebraskaSupreme Court, summaries of advisory opinions of the Nebraska StateBar Association Advisory Committee, the Nebraska Code of Profes-sional Responsibility, and the Nebraska Title Examination Standards.

Formal Advisory Opinions of the Advisory Committee of the NebraskaState Bar Association from 1968 to the present are available on theAssociation's web site. The opinions are accessible by opinion numberand by subject. The URL is http://www.nebar.com/disc/ethics.htm.

The Nebraska Code of Professional Responsibility is on the NebraskaState Bar Association's web site at http://www.nebar.com/disc/code.htm.

LEXIS-NEXIS. The National Reporter on Legal Ethics and Profes-sional Responsibility - NE Opinions (NEETOP) database has selectedNebraska State Bar Association advisory opinions beginning 1992,with one opinion from 1991.

D. Municipal Codes

The municipal codes of Lincoln, Omaha, and South Sioux City, Ne-braska are on the Municipal Code Corporation's web site at http://www.municode.com/database.html. The codes may be browsed orsearched by key word.

Lincoln Municipal Code and Charter: A Codification of the GeneralOrdinances of the City of Lincoln, Nebraska: codified 1936. Revisedand published in 1991 by Book Publishing Company. 2 volumelooseleaf.

Omaha Municipal Code: Charter and General Ordinances of the City.Municipal Code Corporation. 2 volume looseleaf.

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V. SECONDARY SOURCES BY SUBJECT

Many of the items listed below are materials from continuing legaleducation seminars. For more complete listings, contact NebraskaContinuing Legal Education, Inc., University of Nebraska Law Col-lege Education Services, Inc., or National Business Institute, Inc.Contact information is provided in the directory of publishers at theend of this bibliography.

A. Appellate Procedure

Nebraska Appellate Practice and Procedure. John T. Grant and Rob-ert M. Slovek. Rochester, NY: West Group, 1995. Former publisher:Lawyers Cooperative Publishing. Supplemented in 1998. 1hardbound volume. The book gives an overview of appellate proce-dure in Nebraska state and federal courts. Appendices include se-lected statutes, rules of the Nebraska Supreme Court and Court ofAppeals, rules of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and sample doc-uments. It has tables of statutes and rules cited, a table of cases, anda subject index. It includes references to American Jurisprudence,American Law Reports (ALR) annotations, court decisions, and more.

Nebraska Appellate Practice Handbook. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Con-tinuing Legal Education, Inc., 1997. 1 volume. It gives an overview ofappellate procedure in Nebraska state and federal courts. Appendicesinclude forms.

B. Bankruptcy

Volumes 5 and 6 of Nebraska "How To" Practice Manual, 2nd ed. Lin-coln, NE: University of Nebraska Law College Education Services,Inc., 1997. A cooperative project of the University of Nebraska Collegeof Law and the Young Lawyers Section, Nebraska State Bar Associa-tion. It has overviews of chapter 7, 12, and 13 bankruptcy practicesand overviews from the perspective of chapter 7 and 13 trustees. Ad-ditionally, it covers avoiding powers, discharge exceptions, family lawissues, tax issues, and bankruptcy fraud. It concludes with a bibliog-raphy of bankruptcy resources.

C. Business

Volume 1 of Forms of Nebraska Business Organizations Practice Man-ual. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1995.Part 1 covers forms of businesses, securities law compliance, and Sec-retary of State filings, certificates, and administrative action. Part 2covers Nebraska business corporations, specifically incorporation,shares and distributions, shareholders, directors and officers, merg-ers, sales and dissolution, and foreign corporations. Part 3 covers lim-ited liability companies.

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Volume 2 of Forms of Nebraska Business Organizations Practice Man-ual. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1996.The volume addresses nonprofit corporations and includes forms.

Volumes 3 and 4 of Nebraska "How To" Practice Manual, 2nd ed. Lin-coln, NE: University of Nebraska Law College Education Services,Inc., 1995. A cooperative project of the University of Nebraska Collegeof Law and the Young Lawyers Section, Nebraska State Bar Associa-tion. Volume 3 covers C corporations, S corporations, limited liabilitycompanies, professional corporations, and nonprofit corporations. Vol-ume 4 addresses general partnerships, limited partnerships, limitedliability partnerships, multiple entities, valuation control techniques,and buy-sell agreements. The volumes include forms.

D. Collection Practices

Collections for the 21st Century: Bringing and Defending CollectionActions. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc.,1998. Materials from a seminar held on December 4, 1998. Topicsinclude the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, ethics, fraudulenttransfers, property exemptions, and creditors' remedies.

E. Criminal

Nebraska Criminal and Traffic Law Manual. Charlottesville, VA:LEXIS Law Publishing, 1998. Former publisher: The Michie Com-pany. Softbound. It is a compilation of Nebraska statutes relating tocriminal law and is also available on diskette.

Nebraska Legal Forms - Criminal Law. Donald R. Fiedler andDeborah Rae Pred. St. Paul, MN: LEXIS Law Publishing, 1982. For-mer publisher: Butterworth Legal Publishers. The form book has notbeen updated since 1992. It is a I volume looseleaf with a companiondiskette. It includes forms commonly used in Nebraska criminal pro-ceedings for pretrial, trial, posttrial, appeal, postconviction, extradi-tion, and pardons.

Nebraska Motor Vehicle Laws. Charlottesville, VA: LEXIS Law Pub-lishing, 1998. Previously published by the Nebraska Department ofMotor Vehicles. Softbound. It is a compilation of Nebraska motor ve-hicle statutes.

F. Employment

Employment Law 101: A Seminar for the General Practitioner. Lin-coln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc. Materials froma seminar held on January 29, 1999. It includes an overview of theFamily and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities

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Act, NLRB issues, Title VII, retaliation, sexual harassment, and stateemployment issues.

Employment Law Desk Book for Nebraska Employers. J. Russell Derr.Brentwood, TN: M. Lee Smith Publishers, 1996. The book is an over-view of federal discrimination laws, Nebraska Fair Employment Prac-tices Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Federal Wage and HourLaw, polygraph laws, plant closing laws, COBRA, Immigration Re-form and Control Act, veterans' rights, OSHA, Nebraska employmentsecurity law, Nebraska workers' compensation law, employment atwill, drugs, smoking, libel, slander, employment applications, em-ployee handbooks, performance reviews, terminations, and leaves ofabsence.

Labor and Employment in Nebraska: A Guide to Employment Laws,Regulations, and Practices. Jeffrey L. Hirsch and Lisa DrulinerDeBuse. Austin, TX: LEXIS Law Publishing, 1992. Former pub-lisher: Butterworth Legal Publishers. Updated annually. 1 volumelooseleaf.

Nebraska Employment Law Letter. Erickson & Sederstrom, P.C., lawfirm, Omaha, Nebraska. Brentwood, TN: M. Lee Smith Publishers.Monthly. This is a newsletter that summarizes Nebraska employ-ment law issues. Issues from 1997 to date are available on Westlaw asthe SMNEEMPLL database.

G. Estate Planning and Probate

Estate and Business Planning. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Le-gal Education, Inc., 1999. Materials from a seminar on May 13-14,1999, sponsored by the University of Nebraska College of Law andSchool of Accountancy in cooperation with Nebraska Continuing LegalEducation, Inc. It discusses current federal developments, medicaidplanning, grantor retained interest trusts, generation skipping trans-fer tax, total return trusts, business succession planning, asset titling,income tax matters after death, entity selection, Internet legal re-search, and more.

Estate and Business Planning. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Le-gal Education, Inc., 1998. Materials from a seminar on May 14-15,1998, sponsored by the University of Nebraska College of Law andSchool of Accountancy in cooperation with Nebraska Legal Education,Inc. It discusses current federal developments, family limited part-nerships, charitable remainder trusts, self-cancelling installmentnotes, executive compensation plans, family-owned business exclu-sion, valuations, Internet legal research, and more.

Volume 5 of Nebraska "How To" Practice Manual. Lincoln, NE: Uni-versity of Nebraska Law College Education Services, Inc., 1991. A co-

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operative project of the University of Nebraska College of Law and theYoung Lawyers Section, Nebraska State Bar Association. It has auseful chapter on drafting basic wills and trusts, although it is a bitdated.

Nebraska Probate Manual. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing LegalEducation, Inc., 1993. 1 volume looseleaf. The publication gives anoverview of the Nebraska Probate Code. It is intended to be used withNebraska Probate System IV.

Nebraska Probate System IV. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Le-gal Education, Inc., 1991. 1 volume looseleaf. Updated in 1997. Thisis a form book with some explanatory text and checklists. The Ne-braska Probate System IV forms are available for download on the Ne-braska Continuing Legal Education, Inc.'s web site at http://www.ncle.org/public/index.htm.

Probate: Back to the Basics. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing LegalEducation, Inc., 1998. Materials from a seminar on March 5 and 6,1998. It discusses various Nebraska probate issues and includes sam-ple forms.

H. Evidence

Mangrum on Nebraska Evidence. R. Collin Mangrum. Omaha, NE:Creighton University School of Law, 1999. The 1 volume looseleafgives a detailed treatment of Nebraska evidence rules.

Judge Gossett's Nebraska Evidence Handbook. F.A. Gossett III. Lin-coln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1995. The mostrecent update was 1997. The 1 volume looseleaf has the Nebraskarules of evidence accompanied by case annotations.

I. Family

Equitable Distribution in Divorce Settlements in Nebraska. PamelaHogenson Govier and John S. Slowiaczek. Eau Claire, WI: NationalBusiness Institute, 1997. It covers equitable distribution, valuationissues, ethics considerations, tax issues, negotiation, and mediation.

Family Law Update. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Legal Educa-tion, Inc. Materials from a seminar on July 23, 1999. It includes dis-cussions of acceptance of benefits pending appeal, income from non-marital assets, valuation date, ethics, relocation, and child support.

Implementing the Safe Families Act and How Tos on Termination ofParental Rights. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Legal Education,Inc. Materials from a seminar on August 13, 1999. It includesoverviews of the roles of the Nebraska Department of Health andHuman Services, the foster care review board, guardians ad litem,

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prosecutors, and defense attorneys and discusses the Adoption andSafe Families Act.

Nebraska Divorce Practice Manual, 2nd ed. Peter T. Hoffman, Paul E.Galter and David A. Ludtke. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska,Law College Education Services, 1998. This is a guide to Nebraskadivorce practice. It includes overviews of jurisdiction, litigation proce-dure, property settlement agreements and decrees, trial, and post de-cree matters. It has some forms.

Nebraska Legal Forms: Family Law. Elizabeth Stuht Borchers.LEXIS Law Publishing, 1982. Former publisher: Butterworth LegalPublishers. 1 volume looseleaf with companion diskette. Last supple-mented in 1995. It has forms commonly used in Nebraska family lawproceedings.

J. Real Estate

Nebraska Legal Forms - Commercial Real Estate. Peter J. Vaughn.LEXIS Law Publishing, 1981. Former publisher: Butterworth LegalPublishers. 1 volume looseleaf with companion diskette. Last up-dated in 1992. It has forms commonly used in commercial real estatepractice.

Nebraska Legal Forms - Residential Real Estate. Norman H. Wright.LEXIS Law Publishing, 1982. Former publisher: Butterworth LegalPublishers. 1 volume looseleaf with companion diskette. Last up-dated 1995. It has forms commonly used in residential real estatepractice.

Nebraska Real Estate Practice Manual. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Con-tinuing Legal Education, Inc., 1995. This is a guide to Nebraska realestate practice. It discusses a variety of topics ranging from agencydisclosure to Board of Equalization appeals. Forms are included inthe volume and are available on a disk in Word Perfect 6.x or 5.115.2and for download on the Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc.'sweb site at http://www.ncle.org/public/index.htm.

Real Estate Practice. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Legal Educa-tion, Inc., 1998. Materials from a seminar held on September 25,1998. It discusses the effect of the 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act of realestate transactions, the use of alternative dispute resolution in con-struction contract disputes, eminent domain, title insurance, and val-uation protests and appeals.

K. School

Nebraska Education Laws. Charlottesville, VA: LEXIS Law Publish-ing, 1998. The softbound volume is a compilation of Nebraska stat-utes relating to education, including the Schools Code, the Nebraska

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Budget Act, and the Open Meetings Act, as well as selected federalstatutes and regulations. It is also available on diskette.

1998 Nebraska School Law Seminar. Nebraska Council of School At-torneys, Nebraska Association of School Boards, and the University ofNebraska College of Law, 1998. Materials from a seminar held onJune 12, 1998. It discusses age discrimination, reorganization, specialeducation, Commission of Industrial Relations, chronically ill employ-ees, and regulation of athletes' behavior. It also has a listing of schoollaw web sites.

L. Taxation

36th Annual Great Plains Federal Tax Institute. Lincoln, NE: Ne-braska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1998. Materials from a sem-inar held on December 3-4, 1998, sponsored by the Nebraska StateBar Association, Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants,University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law, School of Account-ancy, in cooperation with Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc.It discusses various tax issues.

35th Annual Great Plains Federal Tax Institute. Lincoln, NE: Ne-braska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1997. Materials from a sem-inar held on December 4-5, 1997, sponsored by the Nebraska StateBar Association, Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants,University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law, School of Account-ancy, in cooperation with Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc.It discusses various tax issues.

Nebraska Assessor's Reference Manual. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska De-partment of Revenue, 1997. The 2 volume set was created as a hand-book for the use of county assessors and county boards of equalization.It includes a calendar, county assessor procedures, property tax direc-tives issued by the State Tax Commissioner to county officials, regula-tions, revenue rulings, statutes, summaries of Nebraska AttorneyGeneral opinions, summaries of Nebraska court opinions, and prop-erty tax forms.

Nebraska Tax Reporter. Part of the State Tax Reporter Series. Chi-cago, IL: Commerce Clearing House, 1952. Updated monthly. The 1volume looseleaf has commentary accompanied by case annotations,Nebraska statutes, Nebraska regulations, opinions of the NebraskaSupreme Court, Nebraska Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals forthe Eighth Circuit, and the Nebraska Tax Equalization and ReviewCommission, Nebraska Attorney General opinions, and summaries ofNebraska Department of Revenue rulings. It has an index, table ofcases, and table of opinions of the Nebraska Attorney General.

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What Every Nebraska Lawyer Needs to Know About LLC Taxation.Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1999.Materials from a seminar held on June 11, 1999. It discusses the tax-ation of Nebraska limited liability companies.

M. Trial Practice

Corporate Litigation: A Practical Approach. Lincoln, NE: NebraskaContinuing Legal Education, Inc., 1999. Materials from a seminarheld on June 4, 1999. It covers miscellaneous topics regarding corpo-rate litigation.

The Nebraska Bench Book. Bench Book Committee of the NebraskaDistrict Court Judges Association and North Central Regional Office,National Center for State Courts. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska State BarAssociation, 1976. Last updated 1994. It is a guide to trials for Ne-braska judges.

Volumes 1 and 2 of Nebraska "How To" Practice Manual, 2nd edition.Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Law College Education Services,Inc., 1995. A cooperative project of the University of Nebraska Collegeof Law and the Young Lawyers Section, Nebraska State Bar Associa-tion. It has commentary on topics ranging from case screening to ap-peals and includes forms.

Nebraska Juvenile Court Procedures Manual. Lincoln, NE: NebraskaContinuing Legal Education, Inc., 1993. This is a how-to manual foractions taken under Neb. Rev. Stat. §43-247(3)(a)and (6).

Nebraska Trial Handbook. Daniel A. Morris. Rochester, NY: WestGroup, 1995. Former publisher: Lawyers Cooperative. 1 hardboundvolume. Supplemented with an annual pocketpart. The handbook in-cludes commentary with references to American Jurisprudence 2d,American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts, American Jurisprudence Tri-als, American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms, AmericanLaw Report (ALR) annotations, and Nebraska cases.

N. Workers' Compensation

Bulletin. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court. Thisnewsletter of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court is issued 3times a year.

Workers' Compensation Handbook. Nebraska Continuing Legal Edu-cation, Inc., 1996. This is a guide for workers' compensation trials.

Workers' Compensation Practice. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska ContinuingLegal Education, Inc. Materials from a seminar held on November 20,1998. It discusses lump sum and structured settlements, third partyclaims, penalties, traveling employee and dual purpose doctrine,hand-arm problems, procedural rules and deadlines, the Americans

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with Disabilities Act, respiratory injuries, and repeated trauma andapportionment.

0. Miscellaneous

Volumes 7 and 8 of Nebraska "How To" Practice Manual, 2nd ed. -General Practice. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Law CollegeEducation Services, Inc., 1998. Volume 7 includes the following top-ics: employment discrimination; workers' compensation; agriculturalleases; commercial real estate leasing; residential leases; residentialsales and financing; foreclosures; construction, judgment and taxliens; environmental law; and water law. Volume 8 includes namechanges; guardianships and conservatorships; paternity actions; adop-tion; juvenile abuse; neglect and dependency cases; juvenile law; andcriminal defense. Forms are included.

The Nebraska Legal Secretary's Handbook. Omaha Legal SecretariesAssociation, 1992. Last updated 1995. This handbook is a good sourcefor forms, although it is not very current. It covers briefs, county, dis-trict and federal court forms, corporations, criminal trials, divorce,adoption and real estate. It includes a directory of legal newspapersand title companies and a glossary of legal terms.

VI. LAW LIBRARY CATALOG ACCESS

Schmid Law Library, University of Nebraska College of Law - http://iris.unl.edu/.

Klutznick Law Library, Creighton University School of Law - http://webpals.creighton.edu/

VII. NEBRASKA ATTORNEY MAILING LIST

The Nebraska Institute for Technology in the Practice of Law sponsorsan e-mail discussion list especially for Nebraska attorneys callednebraskaattorneys-l. The list archives are available at http://www.washlaw.edu/nebatt/. To subscribe to the list, address an e-mailmessage to: listproc@assocdir.wuacc.edu. Do not include a subjectline. The only thing that you should have in the message area is thefollowing: subscribe nebraskaattorneys-1 Your First Name Your LastName.

VIII. DIRECTORY OF PUBLISHERS

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Clerk of the Legislature, Bill RoomRoom 1102, State CapitolP.O. Box 94604Lincoln, NE 68509(402) 471-2609

Creighton Law ReviewCreighton University School of Law2133 California St.Omaha, NE 68102(402) 280-2980

The Daily RecordGant Publishing Co.2145 N. Cotner Blvd.Lincoln, NE 68505(402) 466-8521

Law Office Information Systems (LOIS)105 N. 28th St.Van Buren, AR 72956(800) 364-2512http://www.loislaw.com

LEXIS-NEXISP.O. Box 933Dayton, OH 45401(800) 543-6862http://lexis-nexis.com

Lincoln Bar AssociationP.O. Box 94704Lincoln, NE 68509

National Business Institute, Inc.P.O. Box 3067Eau Claire, WI 54702(715) 835-8525

Commerce Clearing House2700 Lake Cook Rd.

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Creighton University School of Law2133 California StreetOmaha, NE 68102(402) 280-2872http://www.creighton.edu/CULAW

Greenwood Publishing Group88 Post Rd., W.Westport, CN 06881(203) 226-3571http://www.greenwood.com

Legal Information Services Inc.11222 Davenport St.Omaha, NE 68154(402) 330-8123http://firms.findlaw.com/lis/about.htm

LEXIS Law PublishingP.O. Box 7587Charlottesville, VA 22906-7587(800) 446-3410http://www.lexislawpublishing.com

M. Lee Smith Publishers LLCP.O. Box 5094Brentwood, TN 37024-5094(800) 274-6774

Nebraska Association of Trial Lawyers941 0 St., Ste 203Lincoln, NE 68508(402) 435-5526http://www.nebraskatrial.com

Nebraska Commissionof Industrial Relations

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Nebraska Department of JusticeRoom 2115, State CapitolP.O. Box 98920Lincoln, NE 68509-8920(402) 471-2682

Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission301 Centennial Mall South, 5th FloorP.O. Box 94934Lincoln, NE 68509-4934(402) 471-2024http://www.nol.org/home/NEOC

Nebraska Legislative Fiscal OfficeRoom 1007, State CapitolLincoln, NE 86509(402) 471-2263http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/fiscal.htm

Nebraska Secretary of StateSuite 2300, State CapitolP.O. Box 94608Lincoln, NE 68509-4608(402) 471-2554http://www.nol.org/home/SOS/

Nebraska State Court AdministratorRoom 1220, State CapitolP.O. Box 98910Lincoln, NE 68509-8910(402) 471-3730

Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc.635 S. 1 4 th StreetLincoln, NE 68501-1809(402) 475-7091http://www.ncle.org/

Nebraska Criminal DefenseAttorneys Association

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Nebraska Department of Revenue301 Centennial Mall South, 2 nd FloorP.O. Box 94818Lincoln, NE 68509-4818(402) 471-2971http://www.nol.org/revenue/index.html

Nebraska Law ReviewUniversity of Nebraska College of LawP.O. Box 830903Lincoln, NE 68583-0902(402) 472-1267

Nebraska Revisor of StatutesRoom 358, State CapitolP.O. Box 94945Lincoln, NE 68509-4945(402) 471-2225

Nebraska State Bar AssociationP.O. Box 81809Lincoln, NE 68501-1809(402) 475-7091http://www.nebar.com/

Nebraska Supreme Publications OfficeRoom 1207, State CapitolP.O. Box 98910Lincoln, NE 68509-8910(402) 471-2643

Nebraska Workers' CompensationCourt

State Capitol, 12th and 13th FloorsP.O. Box 98908Lincoln, NE 68509-8908(402) 471-6468(800) 599-5155http:/vww.nol.org/home/WC/

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Nebraska Tax Equalization ReviewMall Level, Nebraska State Office

Building301 Centennial Mall SouthP.O. Box 94732Lincoln, NE 68509-4732(402) 471-2842http://www.nol.org/home/terc/

Omaha Bar AssociationP.O. Box 11195Omaha, NE 68111-0195(402) 342-3786

University of NebraskaCollege of Law103 Ross McCollum HallP.O. Box 83853Lincoln, NE 68583-0902(402) 472-2161http://www.unl.edu/lawcoll/

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