Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 21, 2017
ARCHON CORP. VS. DIST. CT. (HABERKORN)
- When is it appropriate for the Supreme Court of Nevada to grant extraordinary relief in the form of advisory mandamus.
Tag: NRS 34.170
Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 7, 2017
Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 7, 2017
- Can a court consider felony convictions originating from juvenile offenses in habitual criminal sentencing.
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO T.L.
- When does a parent lack standing to challenge a court’s placement decision following the termination of his or her parental rights.
AGWARA VS. STATE BAR OF NEVADA
- Can an attorney assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to quash subpoenas issued by the State Bar that seek production of client accounting records and tax records.
NEVILLE, JR. VS. DIST. CT. (TERRIBLE HERBST, INC.)
- Does NRS Chapter 608 provide a private right of action for unpaid wages.
- Is illegally obtained evidence admissible in a child custody proceeding.
DOE VS. STATE, LEGISLATURE OF THE 77TH SESSION
- Does Nevada’s medical marijuana registry violate the Due Process, Equal Protection, or Self-Incrimination Clauses of the United States or Nevada Constitutions.
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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for November 16, 2017
Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for November 16, 2017
IN RE: DISCIPLINE OF CHRISTOPHER READE
- Does SCR 102 provide for the imposition of a fine when the State Bar Disciplinary Board recommends that an attorney be suspended or disbarred.
- When can offenses be joined as being committed as parts of a common plan or scheme pursuant to NRS 173.115(2).
- Can counsel’s affirmative misrepresentation regarding filing a postconviction petition and subsequent abandonment of the petitioner be an impediment external to the defense to satisfy cause for the delay under NRS 34.726(1)(a) for filing an untimely petition.
- Do the provisions of NRS Chapter 289, which are intended to provide job-related protections to peace officers employed by law enforcement agencies, apply to bailiffs and marshals employed by the Eighth Judicial District Court.
SIERRA PACK’G V. CHIEF AD. OFF’R OF NOSHA
- What standard must the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration utilize to establish employee exposure to hazard.
CITY OF LAS VEGAS VS. DIST. CT. (KAMIDE (STEVEN))
- Does NRS 50.155(1) impose a duty to limit out-of-court communications between witnesses about their testimony when the witness exclusion rule has been invoked.
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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for September 27, 2017
Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for September 27, 2017
STATE ENGINEER VS. EUREKA CTY.
- When does a district court exceed its authority when an appellate court remands a case to the district court.
STATE, DEP’T. OF TRANSP. VS. DIST. CT. (NASSIRI)
- Did the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) breach a settlement agreement or its implied duty of good faith and fair dealing by building an overpass adjacent to a landowner’s property.
- When is a unilateral mistake claim time-barred by the statute of limitations.
GORDON VS. GEIGER (CHILD CUSTODY)
- Did the district court violate a parent’s due process rights when it changed the terms of custody without sufficient notice to the parent.
- What are the proper procedures when the district court wants to interview a child witness.
- Should Nevada adopt the risk-utility analysis for determining whether a defendant is liable for a design defect under a strict product liability theory.
- Does a hyperlink to source material about judicial proceedings in an online petition suffice to qualify as a report for purposes of applying the common law fair report privilege.
- Did Nevada’s anti-strategic litigation against public participation (“anti-SLAPP”) statute, NRS 41.653-.670, as that statute was in effect prior to the most recent amendments in 2013, cover speech that seeks to influence an election but that is not addressed to a government agency.
HIGH NOON AT ARLINGTON RANCH HOMEOWNERS ASS’N VS. DIST. CT. (D.R. HORTON, INC.)
- Does a homeowners’ association have standing to represent (a) unit owners who purchase their units after the litigation commences, and (b) unit owners who sell their units after the litigation commences.