Blue Tee Corp. v. CDI Contractors, Inc

In Blue Tee Corp. v. CDI Contractors, Inc., 247 Neb. 397, 529 N.W.2d 16 (1995) CDI was the general contractor for the construction of a store at a shopping mall. After CDI accepted the bid of a company to provide structural steel for the project, that company ordered and received the steel from Blue Tee. Id. The steel was fabricated offsite, and an erection company installed the fabricated steel on the construction site. Id. Blue Tee filed a construction lien on the property. Id. The Nebraska Supreme Court held that under the Nebraska Construction Lien Act, a supplier to a subcontractor is allowed to file and enforce a lien against the property owner, but a supplier to a supplier or materialman is not allowed to file a lien against the property owner. Id.