State Ex Rel. Garvey v. County Board of Commissioners

This appeal presents the question, How much discretion does a county board have in reducing or disapproving a public defender’s budget request? The elected public defender of Sarpy County brought an action seeking a writ of mandamus after his budget request seeking appropriations for additional staff was reduced by the Sarpy County Board of Commissioners. The district court for Sarpy County granted the writ of mandamus, and the county board appeals. We conclude that the instant case is controlled by our decision in Sarpy Co. Pub. Emp. Assn. v. County of Sarpy, 220 Neb. 431, 370 N.W.2d 495…