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- Jurisdiction
- Nebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide) · Nebraska
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Neb. Const. art. V, § 1; Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-12
- End
- 2020-04-06 (superseded by the Apr. 6, 2020 order, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-008) (read as 2020-04-06)
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 to Apr. 6, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all Nebraska courts and probation offices
- attorneys, parties and witnesses
- probationers
- Functions reached
- CT courts and agencies
- WF workforce (persons who had travelled abroad within 14 days barred from proceedings)
- Collection
- State courts AGY-ST-COURTS
Operative words
no person who falls within any of those categories shall attend any hearing, trial, conference, deposition, or other proceeding without prior authorization from the court... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no court shall close unless or until the Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court has issued an order declaring a nonjudicial day. However, courts and probation offices shall devise and implement emergency preparedness plans to carry out mission essential functions.
Enforcement
General administrative order binding on all courts and probation offices under Neb. Const. art. V, § 1 and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221
Notes
Nebraska never closed its courts statewide; the Chief Justice's orders instead barred categories of persons and required local plans, so county-level orders (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) carried the closures.
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