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 2014

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Summary of Artiga-Morales v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 77, Janine Lee

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Summary of Watson v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 76, Lindsay Liddell

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Summary of SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. U.S. Bank, 120 Nev. Adv. Op. 75, Amber Lilienthal

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Summary of Zohar v. Zbiegien, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 74, Scott Lundy

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Summary of Déjà vu Showgirls v. Nev. Dept. of Taxation, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 73, Joseph Meissner

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Summary of Déjà Vu Showgirls of Las Vegas, LLC v. Nevada Dep’t of Taxation, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 72, Hayley Miller

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Summary of Franchise Tax Board of the State of California v. Hyatt, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 71, Stacy Newman, Jennifer Odell, Jaymes Orr, and Patrick Phippen

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Summary of Major v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 70, Christian Spaulding

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Summary of City of North Las Vegas v. 5th & Centennial, LLC, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 66, Adam Wynott

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Summary of Imperial Credit v. Eighth Judicial District Court, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 59, Danielle Barraza

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Summary of Wood v. Germann, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 58, Ryan Becklean

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Summary of Simmons Self-Storage v. Rib Roof, Inc., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 57, Kelsey Bernstein

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Summary of Las Vegas Sands Corp. v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 69, Michael Bowman

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Summary of Barrett v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 65, Laura Guidry

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Summary of In re Irrevocable Trust Agreement of 1979, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 63, Michael Paretti

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Summary of Greenberg Traurig, LLP v. Frias Holding Company, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 67, Tom Stewart

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Summary of Campos-Garcia v. Johnson, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 64, Michael Valiente

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Summary of Brown v. McDaniel. 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 60, Allison Vitangeli

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Summary of Brady, Vorwerck, Ryder & Caspino v. New Albertson’s, Inc., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 68, Ashleigh Wise

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Summary of State v. White, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 56, Michael Bowman

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Summary of Morrison v. Health Plan of Nev., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 55, Sean Daly

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Summary of Leavitt v. Siems, 130 Adv. Nev. Op. 54, Michael Paretti

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Summary of Jones v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 53, Kylee Gloekner

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Summary of Conner v. State of Nevada, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 49, Kelsey Bernstein

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Summary of Doan v. Wilkerson, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 48, Kelsey Bernstein

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Summary of Holdaway-Foster v. Brunell, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 51, Brian Vasek

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Summary of Druckman v. Ruscitti, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 50, Allison Vitangeli

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Summary of Harris v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 47, Danielle Barraza

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Summary of FCH1, LLC v. Rodriguez, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 46, Michael Bowman

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Summary of All Star Bail Bonds, Inc. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 45, Sean Daly

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Summary of Jacobs v. Adelson, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 44, Kylee Gloeckner

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Summary of Lavi v. Eighth Judicial District Court, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 38, Danielle Barraza

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Summary of L.V. Dev. Assocs. V. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 37, Ryan Becklean

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Summary of Afzali v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 34, Sean Daly

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Summary of Gomez v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 43, Laura Guidry

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Summary of Schleining v. Cap One, Inc., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 36, Laura Guidry

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Summary of Century Sur. Co. v. Casino W., Inc., 130 Adv. Nev. Op. 42, Michael Paretti

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Summary of Sasser v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 41, Jeffrey Pike

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Summary of Viega GmbH v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 40, Brian Vasek

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Summary of Libby v. Eight Judicial District Court, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 39, Allison Vitangeli

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Summary of Anderson v. State, Emp’t Sec. Div., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 32, Ryan Becklean

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Summary of Dornbach v. Tenth Jud. Dist. Ct., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 33, Kylee Gloekner

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Summary of Nassiri v. Chiropractic Physician's Bd., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 27, Danielle Barraza

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Summary of Coleman v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 26, Ryan Becklean

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Summary of Angel v. Cruse, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 25, Kelsey Bernstein

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Summary of State v. Cantsee, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 24, Sean Daly

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Summary of LaChance v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 29, Brian Vasek

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Summary of Alcantara v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 28, Allison Vitangeli

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Summary of Davis v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 16, Danielle Barraza

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Summary of Huckabay Props., Inc. v. NC Auto Parts L.L.C., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 23, Michael Bowman

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Summary of Coleman v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 22, Kylee Gloeckner

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Summary of The Power Co. v. Henry, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 21, Laura Guidry

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Summary of Wingco v. Gov’t Emps. Ins. Co., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 20, Michael Paretti and Craig Friedel

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Summary of Progressive Gulf Ins. Co. v. Faehnrich, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 19, Jeffrey Pike

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Summary of State of Nevada v. Eight Jud. Dist. Ct. (Zogheib), 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 18, Brian Vasek

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Summary of Liu v. Christopher Homes, LLC, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 17, Allison Vitangeli

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Summary of Harrah's v. Nevada Department of Taxation, 130 Nev. Op. 15, Edward Wynder

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Summary of In Re Cay Clubs, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 14, Kelsey Bernstein

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Summary of Gunderson v. D.R. Horton, Inc., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 9, Michael Bowman

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Summary of Sanchez-Dominguez v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 10, Brady Briggs

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Summary of Jones v. Nev. Comm'n on Jud. Discipline, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 11, Jennifer Cutshall

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Summary of City of Reno v. Howard, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 12, Sean Daly

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Summary of Las Vegas Sands Corp. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 13, Craig Friedel

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Summary of Lorton v. Jones, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 8, Kylee Gloeckner

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Summary of DTJ Design v. First Republic Bank, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 5, Laura Guidry

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Summary of Peciado v. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 6, Geordan G. Logan

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Summary of Amezcua v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 7, Alexandria K. Mendonca

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Summary of Liberty Mut. v. Thomasson, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 409, Erica Nannini

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Summary of Recontrust Co. v. Zhang, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 1, Patrick Opdyke

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Summary of Gonzales-Alpizar v. Griffith, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 2, Michael Paretti

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Summary of Torres v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 3, Jeffrey D. Pike

Submissions from 2013

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Summary of State v. Kincade, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 102, Shaina Plaksin

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Summary of In re Nilsson, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 101, Keivan Roebuck

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Summary of Dogra v. Liles, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 100, Jeff Scarborough

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Summary of Taylor v. Nev. Dept. of Health and Human Servs., 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 99, Whitney E. Short

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Summary of Lytle v. Rosemere Estate Prop. Owners, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 98, Allison Vitangeli

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Summary of In re Aboud Inter Vivos Trust, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 97, Emily Anderson

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Summary of County of Clark v. LB Properties, Inc., 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 96, Lee Gorlin

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Summary of Clancy v. State, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 89, Jim Hoffman

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Summary of Perez v. State, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 90, Collin Jayne

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Summary of Clay v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 91, Joseph Peacock

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Summary of In re Estate of Bethurem, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 92, Erica C. Smit

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Summary of Aspen Financial Services, Inc. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 129 Nev. Ad. Op. 93, Casey J. Stiteler

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Summary of Watters v. State, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 94, Brian Vasek

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Summary of Carrigan v. Nevada Comm’n on Ethics, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 95, Edward Wynder

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Summary of Sandpointe Apts. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 87, Danielle Barraza

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Summary of Pub. Emps.’ Ret. Sys. of Nev. v. Reno Newspapers, Inc., 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 88, Ryan Becklean

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Summary of LVMPD v. Yeghiazarian, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 81, Kelsey Bernstein

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Summary of Brooksby v. Nev. State Bank, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 82, Michael Bowman

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Summary of Elizondo v. Hood Mach., Inc., 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 84, Jennifer Cutshall

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Summary of Humphries v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 85, Sean Daly

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Summary of State, Dep't of Taxation v. Masco Builder, 127 Nev. Adv. Op. 66, Rami Hernandez

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Summary of Otak Nev., LLC v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 127 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 53, Jason Wallace

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Summary of Stilwell v. City of North Las Vegas and City of Boulder City, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 76, Kylee Gloeckner

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Summary of Blanco v. Blanco, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 77, Lee Gorlin

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Summary of State v. Lloyd, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 79, Jim Hoffman

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Summary of Civil Rights for Seniors v. Admin. Office of the Courts, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 80, Collin Jayne

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Wynn Las Vegas, L.L.C. v. Baldonado, Nevada Law Journal

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State of Trujillo v. State, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 78, Laura Guidry

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Summary of In re Steven Daniel P., 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 73, Geordan G. Logan