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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-105 (2026)

Board of Regents; organization; property; powers

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The Board of Regents shall have full power to appoint its own presiding officer and secretary. It shall constitute a body corporate, to be known as the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, and as such may sue and be sued and may make and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure. It may acquire real and personal property for the use of the university and may dispose of the same whenever the university can be benefited thereby, except that it shall never dispose of grounds upon which a building of the university having a market value in excess of one million dollars is located without the consent of the Legislature.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1967–2026 · leading case: Stadler v. Curtis Gas, Inc., 151 N.W.2d 915 (Neb. 1967).
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Stadler v. Curtis Gas, Inc., 151 N.W.2d 915 (Neb. 1967). · cites it 5× “This has now been done by the decision adhered to by a majority of the members of this court. The decision is clearly against the weight of authority and in my judgment is one best left to legislative discretion.”
Knapp v. Ruser, 145 F. Supp. 3d 846 (D. Neb. 2015). · cites it 2× “1974) (concluding that Neb.Rev.Stat. § 85-105 does not grant the BRUN the power to waive immunity from suit in federal court).”
Catania v. Univ. of Nebraska, 282 N.W.2d 27 (Neb. 1979). · cites it 2× “) The implementing legislation, section 85-105, R. R. S. 1943, provides: “The Board of Regents shall have full power to appoint its own presiding officer and secretary.”
Snyder v. Nebraska (In Re Snyder), 228 B.R. 712 (Bankr. D. Neb. 1998). · cites it 5× “1974), the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska concluded that Neb. Rev.Stat. § 85-105 does not grant the institution the power to waive immunity from suit in federal court.”
Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Nebraska v. Dawes, 370 F. Supp. 1190 (D. Neb. 1974). · cites it 2× “3 Nothing the court has been able to find suggests constitutional or statutory waiver by the State of Nebraska or authorization to any official or the Board of Regents to waive immunity. According to Article VII, Section 10, of Nebraska’s Constitution the “duties and powers [of…”
Doe v. Univ. of Nebraska (D. Neb. 2021). · cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-105 . UNL is not incorporated and does not have statutory authority to sue or be sued in its own name.”
Abdulsalam v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Nebraska (D. Neb. 2023). · cites it 2× “]” Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-105 . Because the Nebraska legislature “mandated that the capacity [to be sued] resides in the Board of Regents,” UNMC “only has the capacity to be sued in an action against the Board of Regents[.”
Arentsen v. State of Nebraska (D. Neb. 2024). · cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-105 . Doe v. Univ. of Nebraska, No.”
Powers v. Bd. of Directors of Elmwood Tower, 320 Neb. 906 (Neb. 2026). · cites it 2× “” See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-105 (Reissue 2024). The Nebraska Nonprofit Corporation Act does not include similar language stating that the boards of direc- tors of nonprofit corporations can sue and be sued, and, in fact, the statute expressly provides that it is the corporation…”
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