Harnett v. City of Omaha

This is a proceeding in error to review an order of the personnel board of the City of Omaha, Nebraska, dismissing Charles J. Harnett,- a patrolman, from the Omaha police department. The trial court set aside the order of the personnel board and ordered the plaintiff Harnett reinstated. The City of Omaha et al., and Richard J. Dinsmore, a taxpayer, have appealed.

On September 5, 1970, the plaintiff arrested Eileen M. Waites, an 18-year-old girl, for abusing an officer. At the time of the offense the girl was a passenger in the back seat of an automobile operated by Laura Waites. The…