199 Neb. 162 256 N.W.2d 866

Larry E. Smith, appellant, v. Joseph C. Vitek et al., appellees.

256 N. W. 2d 866

Filed August 3, 1977.

No. 40977.

Richard J. Schicker of Leigh, Koukal & Schicker, and David J. Cullan of Cullan & Cullan, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General, and Paul W. Snyder, for appellees.

Heard before White, C. J., Spencer, Boslaugh, McCown, Brodkey, and White, JJ., and Kuns, Retired District Judge.

Spencer, J.

Plaintiff, Larry E. Smith, appeals from the District Court’s denial of his request for a writ of mandamus to compel the State to discharge him from custody under the provisions of Laws 1975, L. B. 567. The sole issue presented is whether the provisions of L. B. 567 have retroactive application. We held in Johnson and Cunningham v. Exon, ante p. 154, 256 N. W. 2d 869 (1977), that they do if approved by the Board of Pardons. That case decides this issue and is controlling herein.

We reverse the judgment herein and remand the *163cause to the District Court for reconsideration in light of our holding in Johnson and Cunningham v. Exon, ante p. 154, 256 N. W. 2d 869 (1977).

Reversed and remanded.

McCown, J.,

concurring in result only.

I concur in the result only. See my concurring opinion in Johnson and Cunningham v. Exon, ante p. 154, 256 N. W. 2d 869.

Smith v. Vitek
199 Neb. 162 256 N.W.2d 866

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Smith v. Vitek
Decision Date
Aug 3, 1977
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199 Neb. 162

256 N.W.2d 866

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