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Summary Of Jed Prop. V. Coastline Re Holdings Nv Corp., 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 11, Katherine Frank Mar 2015

Summary Of Jed Prop. V. Coastline Re Holdings Nv Corp., 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 11, Katherine Frank

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court determined that NRS 107.082(2) does not require a trustee to give notice of a sale pursuant to NRS 107.080 that has been postponed by oral proclamation three times “unless, after the third oral postponement has been given, the sale's date, time, or place is later changed.”


Summary Of Breeden V. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 12, Erik Foley Mar 2015

Summary Of Breeden V. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 12, Erik Foley

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court held that an appellant who voluntarily dismisses a non-frivolous writ petition, after an answer has been filed, cannot be required to pay the appellee’s attorney’s fees as a condition of the dismissal.


Summary Of Martinorellan V. State, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 6, Gil Kahn Feb 2015

Summary Of Martinorellan V. State, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 6, Gil Kahn

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court determined that (1) a district court's failure to instruct the jury to restart deliberations when an alternate juror replaces an original juror is an error of constitutional dimension; (2) unpreserved errors are reviewed for plain error regardless of whether they are of constitutional dimension; (3) A prejudicial error can result if most of the jury’s deliberation time takes place before the error related to the replacement of an original juror occurs.


Summary Of Fulbright & Jaworski Llp V. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 5, Chelsea Lancaster Feb 2015

Summary Of Fulbright & Jaworski Llp V. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 5, Chelsea Lancaster

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court determined that (1) “a general jurisdiction inquiry calls for an appraisal of a defendant’s activities in their entirety, nationwide and worldwide”; and (2) “an out-of-state law firm that is solicited by a Nevada client to represent the client on an out-of-state matter does not subject itself to [specific] personal jurisdiction in Nevada simply by virtue of agreeing to represent the client.” Additionally, the Court reaffirmed that “[p]urposeful availment requires that the cause of action arise from the consequences in the forum state of the defendant’s activities.”


Fairly Pricing Guilty Pleas, Anne R. Traum Jan 2015

Fairly Pricing Guilty Pleas, Anne R. Traum

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Building on Professor Andrew Taslitz’s work, this article explores how Fair Price Theory can help us analyze the fairness of guilty pleas. In Judging Jena’s D.A., Professor Taslitz used Fair Price Theory to explore how prosecutors could strive to achieve fairness and reduce the perception of racial stigma. He used Fair Price Theory to propose a system of prosecutorial ethics that takes into account racial stigma. This article considers how Fair Price Theory challenges courts to analyze guilty pleas differently, by focusing on price without relying on the agency of prosecutors. Under current doctrine, a court examines whether the …