Goodman v. City of Omaha

NATURE OF CASE

The Omaha Zoning Board of Appeals (the Board) approved for a 5-year time period a request for a variance by Midwest Accounting & Tax Service, Inc. (Midwest). Alan H. Goodman and Kathleen M. Brennan (the appellants) filed a petition appealing *540this approval to the district court for Douglas County. The district court affirmed the decision of the Board and dismissed the appellants’ appeal. Within 10 days of the district court’s order, the appellants filed a motion for new trial and a motion to alter or amend. The district court denied the appellants’ motions, and the appellants…