The editors of the Nevada Law Journal select certain Nevada Supreme Court opinions of significant interest to the legal community for commentary. These commentaries include a summary of the court’s majority, minority or dissenting opinions, as well as an issue and disposition section that summarizes the tensions presented in the case. The Nevada Law Journal staff provides authorities cited by the court and related sources referenced by the court in its decision. The commentaries also describe the state of the law before and after the opinion, and present unanswered questions and a survey of the law in other jurisdictions, if appropriate.

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Submissions from 2020

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Droge v. AAAA Two Star Towing, Inc., 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 33 (Jun. 18, 2020), Rachael T. Gonzales

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Belcher v. State, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 31 (June 4, 2020), Maggie DiFederico

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Rock Springs Mesquite II Owners’ Ass’n v. Raridan, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 28 (May 28, 2020), Madeleine Coles

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Canarelli v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 136 Nev., Adv. Op. 29 (May 28, 2020), Kelsey DeLozier

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Shoen v. State Bar of Nev., 136 Nev., Adv Op. 30 (May 28, 2020), Cecilia Diaz

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Garcia v. Awerbach, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 27 (May 21, 2020), Tanner Castro

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City of Henderson v. Spangler, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 25 (May 14, 2020), Connor J. Bodin

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Venetian Casino v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct. (Sekera), 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 26 (May 14, 2020), Brendon N. Brandão

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Newson v. State, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 22 (Apr. 30, 2020), Wendy Antebi

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State v. Second Jud. Dist. Ct. (Radonski), 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 23 (Apr. 30, 2020), Mia Bacher

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Nalder v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 24 (Apr. 30, 2020), Eli Bergida

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145 E. Harmon II Tr. v. Res. at MGM Grand, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 14 (Apr. 2, 2020), Misha Ray

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In re: Colman Family Revocable Living Trust, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 13 (Apr. 2, 2020), Petya Pucci

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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department v. The Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc., a California Nonprofit Organization, 136 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 15 (2020), Paige Silva

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Jaramillo v. Ramos, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 17 (Apr. 2, 2020), Jose Tafoya

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Cummings v. Barber, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 18 (April 2, 2020), Alexis Taitel

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Reynolds v. Tufenkjian, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 19 (Apr. 9, 2020), Brittni Tanenbaum

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Valdez-Jimenez v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct.,136 Nev. Adv. Op. 20 (April 9, 2020), Katrina Weil

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In re Raggio Family Trust, 136 Nev. Ad. Op. 21 (Apr. 9, 2020), Aariel Williams

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Cranesbill Tr. v. Wells Fargo Bank, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 8 (March 5, 2020), Brittney Lehtinen

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Abrams v. Sanson, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 9 (Mar. 5, 2020), Anya Lester

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Berberich v. Bank of America, 136 Nev. Ad. Op (Mar. 26, 2020), Amelia Mallette

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State of Nevada Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation, Employment Security Division v. Sierra National Corporation, d/b/a The Love Ranch, A Nevada Corporation, 136 Nev., Adv. Op. 11 (Mar. 26, 2020), Alexandra Matloff

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Martinez Guzman v. Second Judicial Dist. Court, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 12 (Mar. 26, 2020), John McCormick-Huhn

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Republican Attorneys General Association v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 3 (Feb. 20, 2020), Nicholas Hagenkord

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Chur v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 7 (Feb. 27, 2020), Dylan Lawter

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Wilson, P.E. v. Pahrump Fair Water, LLC 137 Nev. Adv. Op. 2 (February 25, 2021), Theresa Thibeau

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Doe Dancer I v. La Fuente, Inc., Nev. Adv. Op. 3 (Feb. 25, 2021), Kristin Wilde

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State v. Fourth Judicial Dist. Court (Martinez), 137 Nev. Adv. Op. 4 (Feb. 25, 2021), Sullivan Winesett

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Anderson v. State, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 56 (Nov. 27, 2019), Tayler Bingham

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Poasa v. State, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 57 (Nov. 27, 2019), Gillian Block

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Toll v. Dist. Ct. (Gilman), 135 Nev., Advanced Opinion 58 (December 5, 2019), Gabrielle Boliou

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Rosen v. Tarkanian, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 15 (December 12, 2019), Andrew Brown

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Buma v. Providence Porp. Dev., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 60 (Dec. 12, 2019), E. Sebastian Cate-Cribari

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Vegas United Inv. Series 105 v. Celtic Bank, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 61 (December 19, 2019), Jordan Gregory Cloward

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Valentine v. State of Nevada, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 62 (Dec. 19, 2019), Riley Coggins

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In re Application of Finley, Nevada Ct. App., No. 76715-COA (July 25, 2019), Ben Coonan

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Benko v. Quality Loan Serv. Corp. 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 64 (Dec. 26, 2019), Elizabeth Davenport

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Cabrera v. State, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 65 (Dec. 26, 2019), Trisha Delos Santos

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Chandra v. Schulte, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 66 (December 26, 2019), Michael Desmond

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White v. State of Nevada, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 67 (Dec. 26, 2019), Katrina Fadda

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High Desert State Prison v. Sanchez, 135 Nev., Adv. Op. 68 (Dec. 26, 2019), Jeff Garrett

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Nevada v. Inzunza, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 69 (Dec. 26, 2019), Christopher Gonzalez

Submissions from 2019

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Gathrite v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 54 (Nov. 7, 2019), Skylar Arakawa-Pamphilon

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Witter v. State, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 73444 (Nov. 14, 2019), John Bays

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Marcus A. Reif v. Aries Consultants, Inc., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 51 (Oct. 10, 2019), Joseph Adamiak

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McNamee v. Eighth Judicial District Court, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 52 (Oct. 17, 2019), Alfa Alemayehu

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State Bd. of Parole Comm’rs v. Second Judicial Dist. Court, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 53 (Oct. 24, 2019) (en banc), Dallas Anselmo

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Richard Kilgore v. Eleni Kilgore, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 47 (Oct. 3, 2019), Aariel Williams

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Artemis Exploration Company v. Ruby Lake Estates Homeowner’s Association, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 48, Austin Wood

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State, Bd. of Architecture v. Dist. Ct., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 49, Melissa Yeghiazarian

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Newson v. State, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 50 (Oct. 10, 2019), Richard Young

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Resources Group, LLC v. Nevada Association Services, Inc., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 8 (Mar. 14, 2019), Alfa Alemayehu

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In re Fund for Encouragement of Self Rel., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 10 (Apr. 25, 2019), Skylar Arakawa-Pamphilon

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Daisy Trust v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 135 Nev. Adv. Op.30 (Jul. 25, 2019), Julia Armendariz

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Tricarichi v. Coöperatieve Rabobank, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 73175 (May 2, 2019), John Bays

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State Dep’t of Corr. v. Ludwick, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 12 (May 2, 2019), Tayler Bingham

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City of Reno v. Joy Yturbide, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 14 (May 2, 2019), Gabrielle Boliou

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Bowser v. State of Nevada, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 15 (May 16, 2019), Andrew Brown

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Castillo v. State, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 16 (May. 30, 2019), E. Sebastian Cate-Cribari

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Lipsitz v. State, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 17 (June 6, 2019), Jordan Gregory Cloward

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The Original Roofing Co., LLC v. Chief Admin. Officer of the Occupational Safety and Health Admin., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 18 (Jun. 6, 2019), Riley Coggins

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Rose, LLC., v. Treasure Island, LLC., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 19 (Jun. 6, 2019), Ben Coonan

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Kim v. Dickinson Wright, PLLC, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 20, 442 P.3d 1070 (Jun. 13, 2019), Elizabeth Davenport

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Waste Mgmt. of Nev., Inc. v. W. Taylor Street, LLC., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 21 (Jun. 27, 2019), Trisha Delos Santos

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Saticoy Bay LLC v. Nev. Ass’n Servs., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 23 (Jul. 3, 2019), Katrina Fadda

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Boesiger v. Desert Appraisals, LLC, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 25 (July 3, 2019), Jeff Garrett

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U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n ND vs. Resources Grp., LLC, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 26 (July 3, 2019), Christopher Gonzalez

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Yesennia Esmeralda Amaya v Milton Orlando Guerrero Rivera, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 27 (July 3, 2019), Salma Granich

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Cameron v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court in & for Cty. of Clark, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 28, 445 P.3d 843, Manuel Gurule

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Menendez-Cordero v. State, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 29 (Jul 25, 2019), Nick Hagenkord

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(In re Guardianship of Carmen Wittler) Wittler v. Wittler, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 31 (Aug. 01, 2019), McKay Holley

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First Transit v. Chernikoff, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 32 (Aug. 1, 2019), Michael Holthus

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City of Mesquite v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 135 Nev., Adv. Op. 33, Dylan Lawter

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Pardee Homes of Nevada v. Wolfram, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 22 (July 3, 2019), Michael Desmond

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Hager v. State, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 34 (Aug. 29, 2019), Brittney Lehtinen

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Demaranville v. Cannon Cochran Mgmt. Serv.’s, Inc., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 35 (Sept. 5, 2019), Anya Lester

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Azucena v. State of Nevada, 135 Nev. Ad. Op. (Sep. 5, 2019), Mia Mallette

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Anderson (Arnold) v. State, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 37 (Sept. 5, 2019), Alexandra Matloff

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MMAWC, LLC v. Zion Wood Obi Wan Trust, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 38 (Sep. 5, 2019), John McCormick-Huhn

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Poole v. Nev. Auto Dealership Inv.’s, LLC, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 39 (Sept. 5, 2019), Petya Pucci

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Spar Bus. Serv.'s, Inc. vs. Olson, 135 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 40 (2019), Misha Ray

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Nevada State Engineer v. Happy Creek, Inc., 375 Nev. Adv. Op 41 (Sep. 12, 2019), Paige Silva

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Andersen v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 42 (Sept. 12, 2019) (en banc), Erika Smolyar

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In Re: Discipline of James Colin, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 43 (Sep. 19, 2019), Jose Tafoya

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State, Dep’t of Bus. & Indus. v. TitleMax, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 44 (Sept. 26, 2019), Alexis Taitel

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SFR Inv.’s Pool 1, LLC v. U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 45 (Sept. 26, 2019), Brittni Tanenbaum

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Patush v. Las Vegas Bistro, LLC, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 46 (Sep. 26, 2019), Katrina Weil

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Henry v. Nev. Comm'n On Judicial Discipline, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 5 (Feb. 28, 2019) (en banc), James Puccinelli

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Pascua v. Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 4 (Feb. 7, 2019), Scott Cooper

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Bombardier Transp. USA, INC. v. Nev. Labor Comm’r; The Int’l Union of Elevator Constructors; and Clark County, 135 Nev., Adv. Op. 3 (Jan. 17, 2019), Amanda Stafford

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Coker v. Sassone, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 2 (Jan. 3, 2019), Whitney Jones

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Franks (Kenneth) v. State, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 1 (Jan. 3, 2019), Scott Whitworth

Submissions from 2018

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Branch Banking & Tr. Co. v. Gerrard, Esq., 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 106 (Dec. 27, 2018), Katrina Brandhagen

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Cooper v. State, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 104 (Dec. 27, 2018), Christi Dupont

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Gonor v. Dale, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 109 (Dec. 27, 2018) (en banc), Esteban Hernandez

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In Re: Estate of Sarge 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 105 (Dec. 27, 2018), Kaila Patrick

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Capanna, M.D. v. Orth, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 108 (Dec. 27, 2018) (en banc), Pengxiang Tian

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Harris v. State, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 107 (Dec. 27, 2018) (en banc), Yilmaz Turkeri

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State v. Brown (Taren), 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 102 (Dec. 20, 2018), Tracie Jefcik