Schaffer v. Cass County

Nebraska Advance Sheets 892 290 NEBRASKA REPORTS state habeas corpus action. An appellate court is not obligated to engage in an analysis that is not necessary to adjudicate the case and controversy before it.12 And for the same reason, we do not reach the merits of these issues. The Court of Appeals’ discussion of res judicata and the applicability of the law-of- the-case doctrine is dicta and should not be regarded as prec- edential.13 The applicability of the law-of-the-case doctrine in a state habeas corpus action is an issue to be resolved in another case on another day. CONCLUSION For…