Spence v. Terry

Gene P. Spence, Richard P. Jeffries, and Mary Alice Race, directors of the Omaha Public Power District, sought an injunction to prohibit Lee Terry, election commissioner of Douglas County, Nebraska, from certifying and submitting to the county board a recall petition under the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. §§23-2010 to 23-2010.10 (Cum. Supp. 1982). The District Court for Douglas County denied the injunction and dismissed the directors’ petition. Upon appeal by the directors we reverse and remand this matter to the District Court.

In the spring of 1983 some citizens, concerned about the actions…