Lancaster County District Judge Susan Strong. Sept. 20, 2024. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
LINCOLN — A Lancaster County District Court judge will decide soon from a set of new briefs filed Tuesday whether to dismiss a lawsuit against Nebraska’s two medical cannabis ballot measures.
Judge Susan Strong set the Tuesday deadline for the parties identified in the lawsuit to weigh in. John Kuehn of Heartwell, a veterinarian, rancher, former state senator and former member of the Nebraska State Board of Health, brought the lawsuit. The suit named Secretary of State Bob Evnen and the three sponsors of the Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana campaign.
The sponsors are Lincoln State Sen. Anna Wishart, campaign manager Crista Eggers and former State Sen. Adam Morfeld of Lincoln.
Strong said last Friday she intended to “ narrowly ” issue a decision at the end of this week on the motion from Wishart, Eggers and Morfeld to dismiss the case. It got more complicated after Evnen asked the court to take up the case anyway and determine, once and for all, the true number of valid signatures.