Murphy v. City of Lincoln

In this contract action, the plaintiff-appellant, Mark Murphy, seeks to recover overtime pay from the defendant-appellee, City of Lincoln, Nebraska, under the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. The district court affirmed the denial of the grievance Murphy filed with the City of Lincoln Personnel Board. He then appealed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals, asserting that the district court erred in, among other things, determining that the agreement was ambiguous and thus was subject to interpretation. We removed the matter to this court in order to regulate the caseloads…