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Summary Of Sellers V. Fourth Judicial Dist. Ct., Nevada Law Journal
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 …
Summary Of State V. Gameros-Perez, Mike Feliciano
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 …
Summary Of Vermef V. Boulder City, 119 Nev. Adv. Rep. 60, Justen Ericksen
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.
Summary Of West V. State, Amanda Yen
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 …