Court Opinion

ID: 9689931
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 18:49:43.970119+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:52.779900
License: Public Domain

Caporale, L,
concurring.
Although I was not a member of the fractional unit of the court resolving this case and although I agree with the result, I must nonetheless object to the dictum which comments on the decisions other courts have reached concerning the constitutionality of similar statutes. The question of constitutionality simply is not present in this case. Indeed, had it been present, the case would have required consideration and decision by the court en banc. Neb. Const, art. V, § 2.
I strongly suspect that if franchisees not receiving the same protection as automobile franchisees nevertheless operate under market forces which are functionally the same as those under which automobile franchisees operate, there exists a very serious special legislation question under the provisions of Neb. Const, art. Ill, § 18.