What is the appellate standard of review in a situation like this?
Olmer has chosen to appeal the Board’s decision under § 25-1937. After reflecting on confusion in the statutes (as to the district court’s trial de novo on appeal, and how a Court of Appeals should review the district court’s ultimate decision) the Court noticed that an appeal under § 25-1937 is comparable to the manner in which appeals have previously been taken to a district court from a decision of a small claims court. “And in those cases, we have held that when reviewing the decision of a district court that has conducted a trial de novo upon appeal from a small claims court, the judgment of the district court has the effect of a jury verdict and should not be set aside unless clearly wrong.” The Court reminded that evidence must be considered in the light most favorable to the successful party, with evidentiary conflicts being resolved in favor of the successful party, who is entitled to every reasonable inference that may be drawn from the evidence. Because of the similarities b
