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Theories Of Asbestos Litigation Cost - Why Two Decades Of Procedural Reform Have Failed To Reduce Claimants' Expenses, Jeffrey M. Davidson

Nevada Law Journal

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The History Of School Trust Lands In Nevada: The No Child Left Behind Act Of 1864, Christopher J. Walker

Nevada Law Journal

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The Most Important Right We Think We Have But Don't: Freedom From Religious Discrimination In Education, Kenneth L. Marcus

Nevada Law Journal

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Judicial Review And The "Hard Look" Doctrine, Patrick M. Garry

Nevada Law Journal

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When Rights Collide: In A Battle Between Pharmacists' Right Of Free Exercise And Patients' Right To Access Contraception, Who Wins?, Jacqueline Gilbert

Nevada Law Journal

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But What Will They Do Without Unpublished Opinions?: Some Alternatives For Dealing With The Ninth Circuit's Massive Caseload Post F.R.A.P. 32.1, Bryan Wright

Nevada Law Journal

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Summary Of Stockmeier V. Psychological Review Panel, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 50, Gregory A. Hubbard

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Psychological Review Panel (“Psych Panel”) held a hearing to consider whether a prisoner serving consecutive sentences for sex offenses was a threat to society if he were released on parole. The Psych Panel decided not to certify the prisoner for release, partially based on new allegations made by the victim during the hearing. The prisoner filed a district court petition for a writ of mandamus, prohibition, or habeas corpus, challenging the Psych Panel’s actions. The district court denied and dismissed the petition. The Nevada Supreme Court held that the district court abused its discretion in denying and dismissing the …

Summary Of Irving V. Irving, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 44, Christian Hale

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal of a district court order granting an annulment for fraud.

Summary Of Seput V. Lacayo, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 45, Christian Hale

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order granting a motion to dismiss an injured pest control worker's tort action against a homeowner for premises liability.

Summary Of Mejia V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 43, David T. Gluth

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Defendant Mejia appealed a judgment of the Eighth Judicial District Court after a jury convicted him of one count of sexual assault against a minor under 14 years of age and seven counts of lewdness with a minor under 14 years of age. Mejia was sentenced to two concurrent terms of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole in ten years for each count of lewdness.

Summary Of Winston Products Co. V. Deboer, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 4, Dustin Howell

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

This case examines “the method used to compute the time for filing motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial and the tolling period to file a notice of appeal when these motions are served by mail or electronic means.”2 This case also addresses the issue of whether tolling motions also toll the time to appeal from a post-judgment order awarding attorney fees and costs.

Summary Of Insurance Company Of The West V. Gibson Tile Company, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 40 , David T. Gluth

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appellant surety (Insurance Company of the West) appealed a decision from the Eighth District which entered a judgment upon a jury verdict in favor of respondent principal (Gibson Tile) for breach of contract. The surety also appealed the district court’s ruling on its indemnity claim.

Summary Of Bass-Davis V. Davis, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 39, Charles R. Cordova, Jr.

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

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Summary Of Griffin V. Old Republic Ins. Co., 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 42, Jacqueline A. Gilbert

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appellant Griffin, after sustaining severe personal injuries when a plane piloted by Kevin Jensen crashed into Griffin’s yard, sued Jensen in Nevada state court. Jensen carried an Old Republic Insurance Company aviation policy for the plane. The Old Republic aviation insurance application contained a clause, which Jensen initialed, stating that the aircraft would not be covered “unless a standard airworthiness certificate is in full force and effect.” Further, the policy excluded coverage when “the Airworthiness certificate of the aircraft is not in full force and effect” or when “the aircraft has not been subjected to the appropriate airworthiness inspection(s) as …

Summary Of Stockmeier V. Nev. Dep’T. Of Corrections Psychological Review Panel, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 30, Holly Ludwig

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from district court’s grant of a 12(b)(5) motion to dismiss in favor of Defendant Psych Panel. District court held: (1) that Stockmeier lacked standing to assert violations of the open meeting law; (2) that prisoners cannot conduct the people’s business and therefore cannot assert open meeting law violations; and (3) that Psych Panel hearings qualify as quasi-judicial proceedings and are therefore exempt from the open meeting law.

Summary Of Albios V. Horizon Communities, Inc., 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 37, 132 P.3d 1022, Richard D. Chatwin

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

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Summary Of Ford V. State Of Nevada, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 36, Denise S. Balboni

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from jury verdict in criminal trial on grounds that prosecutors impermissibly excluded jurors based on race in violation of Batson v. Kentucky.

Summary Of In The Matter Of William S., 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 38, 132 P.3d 1015, Richard D. Chatwin

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

An appeal from a juvenile court certifying a minor for criminal proceedings as an adult.

Summary Of Barnhart V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 26, Robert Reid

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

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Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2006, Issue 1, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of this issue:

Aviam Soifer, 2005-06 SALT Salary Survey, at 1.

About SALT, at 3.

God Bless The Child: The United States' Response To Domestic Juvenile Prostitution, Nesheba Kittling

Nevada Law Journal

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Recognizing The Expertise Of Children And Families, Ann M. Haralmbie

Nevada Law Journal

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Participants In The Conference On Representing Children In Families: Children's Advocacy And Justice Ten Years After Fordham, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law

Nevada Law Journal

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In Search Of A Child's Future, Shari F. Shink

Nevada Law Journal

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Coming Out For Kids: Recognizing, Respecting, And Representing Lgbtq Youth, Barbara Fedders

Nevada Law Journal

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Report Of The Working Group On Representing Children As Members Of Communities, Working Group On The Representing Children As Members Of Communities

Nevada Law Journal

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Children's Voice And Justice: Lawyering For Children In The Twenty-First Century, Annette R. Appell

Nevada Law Journal

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Representing Children In Families , Susan L. Brooks

Nevada Law Journal

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Something's Happening Here: Children And Human Rights Jurisprudence In Two International Courts, Bernardine Dohrn

Nevada Law Journal

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How Children's Lawyers Serve State Interests, Martin Guggenheim

Nevada Law Journal

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