The suit maintained that IBP and Tyson used anticompetitive captive supply contracts to depress the market prices of cattle, in contravention of the Packers and Stockyards Act.

The trial judge, Lyle Elmer Strom, then ruled in favor of Tyson's motion for judgment as a matter of law, setting aside the jury's verdict.

[12][13][14][15] In a 2004 election, David Hergert defeated incumbent Don Blank for a seat on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

[19][20] The Supreme Court, stating in its decision "During the campaign and, significantly, after he took office, Hergert intentionally filed false reports of campaign spending in an attempt to cover up his conduct", found Hergert guilty on charges of false reporting and obstruction of government operations, and removed him from office in July 2006.

[21] In 2008, Republican Beau McCoy defeated Democrat Rex Moats in an officially nonpartisan election for a seat in the Nebraska legislature.

In the course of the campaign, the Nebraska Republican Party sent out a series of mailings opposing Moats, and calling attention to his association with a failed insurance company.

A Douglas County district judge dismissed the suit in 2009; in 2011, Domina argued an appeal before the Nebraska Supreme Court.

[3][32] Domina had changed his voter registration from independent to Democratic in October 2013, at about the time that he began contemplating a run for Senate.

[32] Prior to his announcement, Domina discussed issues that he might address, including what he called a "fundamentally unfair" tax system, to be remedied by raising taxes on higher-income Americans; policies he described as favoring large corporations over small businesses; and events such as the 2013 federal government shutdown, which he attributed to partisan and ideological warfare in Congress.

[1] In the Democratic primary, Domina faced Larry Marvin, a native of Fremont and an Air Force veteran.

[33] In 2008, he had sought the Democratic nomination in a U.S. Senate race; in the primary election, he had finished last of fourth candidates, with 2.8% of the vote.