OMAHA, Neb. — An Omaha businesswoman filed a lawsuit claiming the City Council acted improperly when it crafted and adopted the city’s new smoking ban.
O’Connor, owner of O’Connor’s Irish Pub, claimed in the lawsuit that the council violated Nebraska open meetings laws when some members met with groups advocating the ban.
The smoking ban went into effect Oct. 2 for establishments that serve food.
O’Connor’s lawsuit claimed the City Council failed to file a public notice before councilmen Jim Suttle and Franklin Thompson met with groups that advocated the ban.
The lawsuit contends their conversations were about city business and should have been disclosed under the law.
