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Summary Of State V. Dist. Ct., 119 Nev. Adv. Op. 68, Kathleen Hamers Jan 2003

Summary Of State V. Dist. Ct., 119 Nev. Adv. Op. 68, Kathleen Hamers

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Petition for writ of mandamus to prevent enforcement of family court order compelling release of names and addresses of the natural and adoptive parents of the siblings of A.M.S. (real party in interest), a minor child.

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Summary Of Edington V. Edington, 119 Nev. Adv. Rep. 62, Z. Ryan Pahnke Jan 2003

Summary Of Edington V. Edington, 119 Nev. Adv. Rep. 62, Z. Ryan Pahnke

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order denying a motion to modify a divorce decree and denying a motion for attorney fees.

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Summary Of Harris Assoc. V. Clark County Sch. Dist., Beth Rosenblum Jan 2003

Summary Of Harris Assoc. V. Clark County Sch. Dist., Beth Rosenblum

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a judgment by the Eighth Judicial District Court, State of Nevada, denying the appellant’s motion to compel arbitration.

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Summary Of Huntington V. Mila, Incorporated, Amy A. Johnson Jan 2003

Summary Of Huntington V. Mila, Incorporated, Amy A. Johnson

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from an Eighth Judicial District Court, Las Vegas Nevada order certified as final under NRCP 54(b) granting Respondent Mila’s motion for partial summary judgment to dismiss Appellant Huntington’s third party complaint.

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Summary Of Hathaway V. State, Melanie Koep Jan 2003

Summary Of Hathaway V. State, Melanie Koep

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Proper person appeal from an order of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Honorable John S. McGroarty, denying appellant’s post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus.

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Summary Of Mack V. State, Kristen L. Gallagher Jan 2003

Summary Of Mack V. State, Kristen L. Gallagher

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

A neighbor found Betty May murdered in her room at a boarding house. An autopsy determined that May died by strangulation and suffered a traumatic sexual penetration just prior to her death. Semen and blood samples were taken from May’s body and clothing at the time of her death, and after twelve years passed, a detective ordered DNA testing of the evidence. Defendant Daryl Linnie Mack was charged with the first-degree murder of Betty May. Law enforcement obtained a blood and saliva sample from Mack at two different times during the investigation. Both the semen and the blood stains matched …

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Summary Of Meridian Gold Co. V. State Ex Rel Dep’T Of Tax., Beth Rosenblum Jan 2003

Summary Of Meridian Gold Co. V. State Ex Rel Dep’T Of Tax., Beth Rosenblum

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from judgment of the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County, affirming a Nevada Department of Taxation tax deficiency determination.

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Summary Of Matter Of T.R., 119 Nev. Adv. Op. 67, Kathleen Hamers Jan 2003

Summary Of Matter Of T.R., 119 Nev. Adv. Op. 67, Kathleen Hamers

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Court Division order finding a juvenile delinquent for sexual assault of a victim under the age of fourteen.

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Summary Of Sellers V. Fourth Judicial Dist. Ct., Nevada Law Journal Jan 2003

Summary Of Sellers V. Fourth Judicial Dist. Ct., Nevada Law Journal

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The real party in interest Richard Matthews brought an action for unpaid attorney’s fees against the petitioner Dean Sellers in Elko, Nevada’s Justice Court. Both Matthews, an attorney, and Sellers, a non-attorney, represented themselves. The court entered judgment for Matthews. The award included Matthews’ principle claim of $5,075.00, pre-judgment interest, costs of $230.001 and attorney’s fees of $1,500.002. Sellers unsuccessfully appealed to the District Court.3 Subsequently, Sellers filed a proper person petition for a writ of certiorari in the Nevada Supreme Court. The petition challenged the justice court’s judgment awarding damages, pre-judgment interest, costs and attorney fees. The court granted …

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Summary Of State V. Gameros-Perez, Mike Feliciano Jan 2003

Summary Of State V. Gameros-Perez, Mike Feliciano

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Jose Simon Gameros-Perez and Isidro Benitez-Medina, Respondents, were believed to be in possession of illegal narcotics and paraphernalia in their apartment. The Washoe County Sheriff telephonically applied for and obtained a warrant to search the respondents’ apartment pursuant to NRS 179.045(2). The magistrate issued the warrant based on sworn oral statements that were later transcribed. The warrant contained a statement that probable cause existed to believe the respondents were in possession of illegal narcotics and paraphernalia. It did not, however, contain an actual recitation of the probable cause for the search. Upon execution of the warrant, heroin was found in …

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Summary Of Vermef V. Boulder City, 119 Nev. Adv. Rep. 60, Justen Ericksen Jan 2003

Summary Of Vermef V. Boulder City, 119 Nev. Adv. Rep. 60, Justen Ericksen

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of the city after a homeowner filed a claim alleging faulty construction of a drainage channel was the proximate cause of flood damage to his house.

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Summary Of West V. State, Amanda Yen Jan 2003

Summary Of West V. State, Amanda Yen

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

On February 5, 2001, the general manager of Canyon Gate Mini Storage discovered the decomposing body of Christine Smith in the storage unit owned by Smith and her daughter, appellant Brookey Lee West. Smith’s body was sealed in a garbage can wrapped with duct tape, garbage bags and cellophane wrap. A white plastic bag, knotted at the back of her head, covered Smith’s nose and mouth. Upon searching West’s apartment, police discovered Smith’s bank statements. The police determined that there were numerous ATM withdrawals on Smith’s bank account after February 1998, when Smith was last seen alive. West was charged …

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A Traditionalist Looks At Mediation: It's Here To Stay And Much Better Than I Thought, Stephen N. Subrin Jan 2003