Nebraska Supreme Court, 2024

The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals, holding that a law‑enforcement officer’s lack of statutory jurisdiction under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29‑215 does not trigger Fourth Amendment or Nebraska constitutional protections and therefore the exclusionary rule does not apply to the evidence obtained from the…

The court held that the siblings’ negligence claims against the State agency were barred by sovereign immunity because their alleged injuries arose out of physical and sexual assaults, even though the claims were framed as negligent placement, supervision, and failure to protect.