Administrative Law

Abstract

FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|During the survey period, the Nebraska Supreme Court clarified Nebraska's policy in two areas of administrative law. In the case of Southwestern Bank & Trust Co. v. Department of Banking & Finance, the court held that the language of the statute authorizing the department to charter banks required the department to compare applications to determine the better qualified, rather than to rely on a first to file rule.|In Lincoln v. Nebraska Liquor Control Commission, the court clarified its policy on the issuance of new licenses, and the relocation of existing licenses. The court held that the decision of the Liquor Control Commission which denied an applicant permission to relocate under his existing license did not preclude the applicant from seeking a new license...