BEATRICE- The long-awaited courtroom battle between Charles Herbster and State Senator Julie Slama finally took place.

Johnson County District Judge Rick Schreiner heard lawyers argue parts of five motions concerning the discovery process that lawyers use to gather information for civil cases. Four of the filings came from lawyers for unsuccessful governor candidate Charles Herbster, who did not attend the hearing. One came from lawyers for State Sen. Julie Slama, who attended.

The day’s most meaningful progress came during an hour-plus discussion that Schreiner pressed the lawyers to participate in privately at the courthouse. Schreiner paused the proceedings after Slama’s lawyers told him they had gotten no response from Herbster’s team about negotiating on the timing and possible limits to subpoenas.

Slama’s attorneys have already notified Herbster’s attorneys that they intend to depose Herbster on July 20.

Herbster’s legal team had filed motions seeking to limit the scope of several subpoenas that Slama’s legal team is pursuing involving Herbster and his political staff.

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