Court Opinion

ID: 8040777
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-09 03:31:36.652662+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:37:18.587831
License: Public Domain

Clinton, J.,
concurring in the result only.
I concur in the result only. I disagee with the rationale by which the majority reaches the result.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-1903 (Reissue 1977) does not grant power to school districts to organize nonprofit corporations. School districts, like other subdivisions of government, have only the powers granted them by statute and those implicitly necessary to carry out the powers specifically granted. Section 21-1903 simply describes the kinds of corporations which may be organized by those empowered to create them. The *131record makes it clear that the corporation was created by persons who were acting on behalf of the school district. It was thus a creation of the school district and its unlawful creation. The corporation issued bonds which the school district was not authorized to issue without approval of the electors.
The school district, however, did have statutory power to enter into a lease-purchase agreement. It did have statutory power to levy the tax to pay for the lease-purchase agreement.
Injunctive relief is a discretionary remedy. In this case, despite the partial illegal form of the transaction, the taxpayers suffered no harm. If there is no harm, then no injunctive or other relief need be granted.