Opinion ID: 1870025
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Heading: whether this court has jurisdiction to hear case

Text: [6] We first address the issue of whether this court has jurisdiction. Dominguez has alleged this court does not have jurisdiction, because ETSI and the Abbotts entered their notice of appeal based on the final Order entered by the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, on March 17, 2008[sic] when the District Court sustained the Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment. Summary judgment was granted on March 14, 2008, and the final order was entered on April 11. ETSI and the Abbotts contend they are not required to identify the order from which they appeal within the notice of appeal. Neb.Rev.Stat. § 25-1912 (Reissue 2008) governs the filing of an appeal. Section 25-1912(1) states: The proceedings to obtain a reversal, vacation, or modification of judgments and decrees rendered or final orders made by the district court ... shall be by filing in the office of the clerk of the district court in which such judgment, decree, or final order was rendered, within thirty days after the entry of such judgment, decree, or final order, a notice of intention to prosecute such appeal signed by the appellant or appellants or his, her, or their attorney of record.... Section 25-1912(2) states that if a notice of appeal or docket fee is filed after the announcement of a decision or final order but before the entry of the judgment, decree, or final order, it shall be treated as filed or deposited after the entry of the final judgment. [7] We have previously held that a notice of appeal filed before a final order has been entered has no effect. [6] That is not the case here, however, because the notice of appeal was filed on April 14, 2008, after the entry of the final order on April 11. Section 25-1912 does not require that the final order be explicitly identified. Furthermore, § 25-1912(2) states that a notice of appeal filed after a final order is announced but before entry of judgment will be considered to have been filed after the entry of judgment. In this case, the notice of appeal was filed within 30 days after entry of the final order. Although the best practice would be to identify the correct final order of judgment in the notice of appeal, the notice did comply with all explicit statutory requirements. We therefore find that this court has jurisdiction to decide the case.