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Summary Of Aftercare Of Clark County V. Justice Court Of Las Vegas, 120 Nev. Adv. Rep. 2, Jeff Hall Jan 2004

Summary Of Aftercare Of Clark County V. Justice Court Of Las Vegas, 120 Nev. Adv. Rep. 2, Jeff Hall

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

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Summary Of Heller V. Give Nev. A Raise, Inc., Timothy W. Roehrs Jan 2004

Summary Of Heller V. Give Nev. A Raise, Inc., Timothy W. Roehrs

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Direct democracy, the process by which the people conduct direct law making through the circulation of petitions and (subject to the petition qualifying) subsequent ratification by the voters in an upcoming election, has often been a hub for electoral and legal controversy.2 In GNAR,3 the Nevada Supreme Court drew on U.S. Free Speech Constitutional law to save a couple of 2004 ballot campaigns, while making the ballot process for future petitions (at least logistically) a little bit easier. Below is a description of the GNAR opinion and its holding, along with a few comments regarding GNAR’s questionable lack of deference …


Summary Of Seres V. Lerner, 120 Nev. Adv. Op. 95, Sally L. Galati Dec 2003

Summary Of Seres V. Lerner, 120 Nev. Adv. Op. 95, Sally L. Galati

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The sister of a manslaughter victim, on her mother’s behalf, brought an action against the felon, who wrote a book regarding the killing of the victim, seeking to recover the felon’s book proceeds under the Nevada “Son of Sam” law. The district court found the applicable Nevada statute to be unconstitutional and dismissed the plaintiff’s action. Plaintiff appealed.


Summary Of In The Matter Of T.R. V. Nevada Div. Of Child And Family Services, 119 Nev. Adv. Op. 67, Kathleen Hamers Jan 2003

Summary Of In The Matter Of T.R. V. Nevada Div. Of Child And Family Services, 119 Nev. Adv. Op. 67, Kathleen Hamers

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

T.R., a fourteen-year-old boy at the time of the incident, was charged with sodomy against a four-year-old boy, forcing the boy to orally copulate him, and orally copulating the boy. An evidentiary hearing was conducted by a district court hearing master who concluded that there was clear and convincing evidence T.R. sodomized the four-year-old boy, and that he forced the four-year-old boy to orally copulate him. The district court agreed with the hearing master, entered an order with the hearing master’s findings, and dismissed the remaining charge. T.R. moved for a rehearing based on inadmissible and unreliable hearsay statements, which …


Summary Of John V. Douglas County Sch. Dist., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. 55, Derrick Harris Jan 2003

Summary Of John V. Douglas County Sch. Dist., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. 55, Derrick Harris

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a Ninth Judicial District Court order granting a special motion to dismiss under Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statute, in an employment matter.