Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-918 (2026)

District court decision; appeal

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(1) An aggrieved party may secure a review of any judgment rendered or final order made by the district court under the Administrative Procedure Act by appeal to the Court of Appeals.

(2) When the petition instituting proceedings for review was filed in the district court before July 1, 1989, the appeal shall be taken in the manner provided by law for appeals in civil cases and shall be heard de novo on the record.

(3) When the petition instituting proceedings for review is filed in the district court on or after July 1, 1989, the appeal shall be taken in the manner provided by law for appeals in civil cases. The judgment rendered or final order made by the district court may be reversed, vacated, or modified for errors appearing on the record.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 146 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1973–2025 · leading case: Slack Nursing Home, Inc. v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 528 N.W.2d 285 (Neb. 1995).
Slack Nursing Home, Inc. v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 528 N.W.2d 285 (Neb. 1995). · cites it 12× “§ 84-918. Section 84-918 provides the standard of review for the appellate court.”
Haeffner v. State, Dept. of Pub. Inst, 371 N.W.2d 658 (Neb. 1985). · cites it 10× “A de novo review by this court necessarily includes finding and weighing facts anew.”
McEwen v. Nebraska State Coll. Sys., 303 Neb. 552 (Neb. 2019). “44 § 84-918(1). 45 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-498.”
Adams Cent. Sch. D. No. 090, Adams Cy. v. Deist, 334 N.W.2d 775 (Neb. 1983). · cites it 8× “ecision of the agency or remand the case for further proceedings; or it may reverse or modify the decision if the substantial rights of the petitioner may have been prejudiced because the agency decision is: *780 "(a) In violation of constitutional provisions; "(b) In excess of…”
Rainbolt v. State, 550 N.W.2d 341 (Neb. 1996). · cites it 4× “Rainbolt filed a petition on appeal in Lancaster County District Court against DSS and the State of Nebraska for review of the decision of the State Personnel Board under the Administrative Procedure Act, specifically Neb. Rev.Stat. § 84-918 (Reissue 1994). The district court,…”
Harris v. Misty Lounge, Inc., 371 N.W.2d 688 (Neb. 1985). · cites it 4× “2d 846 , 848 (1984), “since no different statutory standard of review is provided for in the *682 Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act, we are bound by the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-918 (Reissue 1981).” In Haeffner v.”
In Re Application of Metro. Util. Dist., 704 N.W.2d 237 (Neb. 2005). · cites it 2× “Neb.Rev.Stat. § 84-918(1) (Reissue 1999) provides that "[a]n aggrieved party may secure a review of any judgment rendered or final order made by the district court under the Administrative Procedure Act by appeal to the Court of Appeals.”
Dep't of Health v. Lutheran Hospitals & Homes Soc'y, 416 N.W.2d 222 (Neb. 1987). · cites it 4× “2, § 005 (1983), and denied the application. The applicant then appealed to an appeal board of the Nebraska Certificate of Need Appeal Panel, which reversed the decision of the review committee and approved the application.”
20's, Inc. v. Nebraska Liquor Control Comm'n, 212 N.W.2d 344 (Neb. 1973). · cites it 8× “The argument of the plaintiff indicates that the several assignments blend into one central issue, namely, that this court hears the case de novo under the provisions of section 84-918, R. R. S. 1943, and ought to find as a matter of law that the defense of entrapment existed.”
State v. Howell, 575 N.W.2d 861 (Neb. 1998). · cites it 4× “See Neb.Rev.Stat. § 84-918 (Reissue 1994) (stating that "the appeal shall be taken in the manner provided by law for appeals in civil cases").”
Davis v. Wright, 503 N.W.2d 814 (Neb. 1993). · cites it 4× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-918 (Cum. Supp. 1992).”
City of Lincoln v. Nebraska Liquor Control Comm'n, 626 N.W.2d 518 (Neb. 2001). · cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-918 (3) (Reissue 1999).”
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-918(1) — 4 cases
McEwen v. Nebraska State Coll. Sys., 303 Neb. 552 (Neb. 2019). “44 § 84-918(1). 45 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-498.”
In Re Application of Metro. Util. Dist., 704 N.W.2d 237 (Neb. 2005). “Neb.Rev.Stat. § 84-918(1) (Reissue 1999) provides that "[a]n aggrieved party may secure a review of any judgment rendered or final order made by the district court under the Administrative Procedure Act by appeal to the Court of Appeals.”
McEwen v. Nebraska State Coll. Sys., 303 Neb. 552 (Neb. 2019).
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-918(2) — 3 cases
Slack Nursing Home, Inc. v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 528 N.W.2d 285 (Neb. 1995). “§ 84-918. Section 84-918 provides the standard of review for the appellate court.”
Loewenstein v. State, 504 N.W.2d 800 (Neb. 1993).
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-918(3) — 21 cases
Slack Nursing Home, Inc. v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 528 N.W.2d 285 (Neb. 1995). “§ 84-918. Section 84-918 provides the standard of review for the appellate court.”
Boruch v. Nebraska Dept. of Health, 659 N.W.2d 848 (Neb. Ct. App. 2003).
Deboer v. Nebraska Dmv, 751 N.W.2d 651 (Neb. Ct. App. 2008).
Lynch v. Nebraska Dept. of Corr. Servs., 514 N.W.2d 310 (Neb. 1994).
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