The cause shall be docketed in the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court under the same title it had in the district court. The party or parties asking for the reversal, vacation, or modification of such judgment, decree, or final order shall be designated as appellant or appellants, and the adverse party or parties shall be designated as appellee or appellees.
§ 25-1913.Appealed causes; parties; how designated.
Article 19: Appeals and Proceedings in Error · Last amended 1991 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section sets the docketing and naming conventions for an appeal: the case keeps its district court title in the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court, and the party seeking reversal is called the appellant while the other side is called the appellee.
Full Text of § 25-1913
Source
Laws 1907, c. 162, § 2, p. 496; R.S.1913, § 8187; C.S.1922, § 9139; C.S.1929, § 20-1913; R.S.1943, § 25-1913; Laws 1991, LB 732, § 53.
Plain-English Summary
Section 25-1913 handles a small but useful piece of procedure: how an appealed case is labeled. The cause is docketed in the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court under the same title it carried in the district court, so the parties’ names stay the same after the case moves to a different court.
What does change is each party’s role designation. The party or parties asking for reversal, vacation, or modification of the judgment, decree, or final order are called the appellant or appellants, while the adverse party or parties are called the appellee or appellees. Those labels replace whatever roles — plaintiff, defendant, and so on — the parties held in the district court proceeding.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the case get a new caption once it is appealed?
No. It keeps the same title it had in the district court; only the parties’ role labels change.
Who is called the “appellant”?
The party or parties asking the appellate court to reverse, vacate, or modify the judgment, decree, or final order.
Who is called the “appellee”?
The adverse party or parties in the appeal — the side opposing the requested reversal, vacation, or modification.
What if there are multiple parties seeking reversal?
The section covers that case directly, referring to “appellant or appellants” and “appellee or appellees.”
Does the appellant/appellee designation replace plaintiff and defendant?
For purposes of the appeal, yes — those are the labels used to identify each side’s role in the appellate proceeding.
Source & verification. Section text and the amendment-history citation are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the
Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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