Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for November 21, 2018

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for November 21, 2018

VICKERS (TRACEY) VS. DIRECTOR

  • Is an offender who is willing and able to work but who has not been assigned a job by the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) entitled to labor credits pursuant to NRS 209.4465(2).
  • Does the change in the ability to apply credits to minimum sentences brought about by the 2007 amendments to NRS 209.4465 violate the Equal Protection Clauses of the United States and Nevada Constitutions.

STARR (BRANDON) VS. STATE

  • When is a criminal defendant entitled to an inverse flight instruction.

MCGOWEN VS. DIST. CT. (CRYSTAL)

  • Can a plaintiff’s attorney or the employee of a plaintiff’s attorney serve a summons and complaint on a defendant.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for November 15, 2018

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for November 15, 2018

STATE VS. PLUNKETT (ALEXIS)

  • Can a person who is not a prisoner be held vicariously liable under NRS 212.165(4), which prohibits prisoners in jail from possessing a cellphone or other portable telecommunications device.

PATIN VS. LEE

  • Is an attorney’s statement on a website summarizing a jury’s verdict protected under NRS 41.660, Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statute.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for November 8, 2018

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for November 8, 2018

STATE, LOCAL GOV’T EMPLOYEE-MGMT. RELATIONS BD. VS. EDUC. SUPPORT EMPLOYEES ASS’N

  • Is the vote-counting standard mandated by NRS 288.160 and Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 288.110 a majority of the members of the bargaining unit or a majority of the votes cast.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for November 1, 2018

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for November 1, 2018

SARFO VS. STATE, BD. OF MED EXAM’RS

  • Do a physician’s due process rights attach at the investigation stage of a complaint made to the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners.

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