Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for May 28, 2020

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for May 28, 2020

Shoen v. State Bar of Nev.

  • May a suspended attorney apply for reinstatement under Supreme Court Rule 116(2) (SCR) even if he or she has not yet satisfied requirements imposed in a disciplinary order as a condition precedent to applying for reinstatement.

Canarelli v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct.

  • Is there a fiduciary exception to the attorney client privilege, whereby a fiduciary such as a trustee is prohibited from asserting the attorney client privilege against a beneficiary on matters of trust administration.

Rock Springs Mesquite II v. Raridan

  • Can a jury instruction be used to obtain actions for declaratory relief.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 6, 2018

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 6, 2018

STATE VS. DIST. CT. (HEARN (MATTHEW))

  • Is the prosecutorial veto within NRS 176A.290, which authorizes a district court to assign certain eligible defendants to a veterans court program, unconstitutional.

RODRIGUEZ (JUAN) VS. STATE

  • Is NRS 200.481(2)(b) an enhancement statute such that battery causing substantial bodily harm cannot be enhanced for committing a crime against a person 60 years of age or older under NRS 193.167.

STATE VS. DIST. CT. (OJEDA (FRANCISCO))

  • Does a district court have authority to order the State to disclose veniremember criminal history information it acquires from a government database that is unavailable to the defense.

LAKE TAHOE PROTECTION DIST. VS. BD. OF ADMIN.

  • Does NRS 616B.578 require an employer to prove that it had knowledge of a specific diagnosis of an employee’s preexisting condition to qualify for reimbursement on a worker’s compensation claim.

O’KEEFE VS. STATE, DEP’T OF MOTOR VEHICLES

  • What is the correct standard of review that a hearing officer must apply to a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) disciplinary decision to terminate an employee.

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