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Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

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.

Submissions from 2009 2009

Summary of Funderburk v. State, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 25, James Conway

Summary of McConnell v. State, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 24, Ian Houston

Summary of V & S Railway, LLC v. White Pine County and City of Ely, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 23, James Conway

Summary of MGM Mirage v. Nevada Ins. Guaranty Ass’n., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 22, James Conway

Summary of St. James Village, Inc. v. Cunningham, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 21, Ian Houston

Summary of HD Supply Facilities Maint. v. Bymoen, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 20, Casey G. Perkins

Summary of Ramet v. State, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 19, Tara C. Zimmerman

Summary of Las Vegas Taxpayer Accountability Comm. v. City Council, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. 17, Cristina Olson

Summary of Hartford Fire Ins. Co.; Hartford Accident & Indem. Co.; & Richardson Constr., Inc. v. Tr. of the Const. Indus. & Laborers Health & Welfare Trust; Tr. of the Constr. Indus. & Laborers Joint Pension Trust; & Tr. of the Constr. Indus. & Laborers Vacation Tru, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 16, Elham Roohani

Summary of Hannon v. State, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 15, Shannon Rowe

Summary of Scarbo v. Dist. Ct., 125 Nev. Ad. Op. No. 12, Michelle D. Alarie

Summary of Sims v. Dist. Ct., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 13, Kristopher Zeppenfeld

Summary of Karcher Firestopping v. Meadow Valley Contr., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 11, Nevada Law Journal

Summary of In re Application of Shin, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 10, Kendal L. Davis

Summary of Mack v. Estate of Mack, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. 9, Julian P. Gregory

Summary of Terracon Consultants W., Inc. v. Mandalay Resort Group, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 8, Ian Houston

Summary of Foster v. Dingwall, 126 Nev. Adv. Op. 6, Daniel M. Ryan

Summary of Stromberg v. Dist. Ct., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 1, Brandon Johansson

Summary of Savage v. Dist. Ct., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. 2, Moorea Katz

Summary of Stalk v. Mushkin, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 3, Jennifer K. Koonce

Summary of State, Dep’t of Motor Vehicles v. Terracin, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 4, Timothy Koval

Summary of Attorney Gen. v. Dist. Ct. (Philip Morris), 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 5, Miranda Mahe

Summary of Garcia v. Scolari’s Food & Drug, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 6, Richard Manhattan

General Motors Corp. v. Dist. Ct., Nevada Law Journal

Submissions from 2008 2008

Summary of Boucher v. Shaw, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 96, Elham Roohani

Summary of In the Matter of William M. v. State of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 95, Elham Roohani

Summary of Valdez v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 97, Elham Roohani

Summary of Waldman v. Maini, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 9, Shannon Rowe

Summary of Five Star Capital Corp. v. Ruby, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 88, Michelle D. Alarie

Summary of Rubio v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 87, Holly Cheong

Summary of Rivero v. Rivero, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 84 , Lindsay Demaree

Summary of Hernandez v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 83, Julian R. Gregory

Summary of State v. Harte, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 82, Ian Houston

Summary of Lehrer McGovern Bovis v. Bullock Insulation, 124 Nev. Adv Op. No. 92, Stephen O. Schofield

Summary of Mesagate Homeowners’ Association v. City of Fernley, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 91, Kelly Stout

Summary of Village League v. State, Bd. Of Equalization, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 90, Kristopher Zeppenfeld

Summary of Estate of LoMastro v. American Family Ins., 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 89, Tara Zimmerman

Summary of Baldonado v. Wynn Las Vegas, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 81, Brianna F. Issurdutt

Summary of Winchell v. Schiff, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 80, Brandon Johansson

Summary of Davidson v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 76, Moorea Katz

Summary of M.C. Multi-Family Dev. v. Crestdale Assocs., 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 77, Jennifer K. Koonce

Summary of Knipes v State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 79, Miranda Mahe

Summary of We the People Nev. v. Sec’y of State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 75, Richard Manhattan

Summary of ANSE, Inc. v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court of State ex rel. County of Clark, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 74, Joanna M. Myers

Summary of Ransdell v. Clark County, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 73, Matthew J. Orme

Summary of Canyon Villas v. State, Tax Comm’n, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 7, Casey G. Perkins

Summary of Mitchell v. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 107, Aubree Nielsen

Summary of Dutchess Business Services, Inc.; and Legend Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Nevada State Board, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 63, Elham Roohani

Summary of Boulder City v. Boulder Excavating, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 65, Stephen O. Schofield

Summary of Chartier v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 66, Kelly Stout

Summary of Picetti v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 68, Kristopher Zeppenfeld

Summary of Fergusen v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 69, Tara Zimmerman

Summary of Barney v. Mt. Rose Heating & Air Conditioning, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 71, Elena Roberts

Summary of D.R. Horton, Inc. v. Dist. Ct., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 35, Paul C. Williams

Summary of Browning v. State of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. Citation 50, Philip Erwin

Summary of Hill v. State, 124 Nev., Advance 52, Meredith Holmes

Summary of Vredenburg v. Sedgwick CMS and Flamingo Hilton-Laughlin, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 53, Holly Ludwig

Summary of State v. Dist. Ct. (Pullin), 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 54, Katie Maw

Summary of Attorney General v. Montero, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 55, Candace Oranges

Summary of Moldon v. County of Clark, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 49, Tyler James Watson

Summary of Hallmark v. Eldridge, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 48, Barbra E. Zess

Summary of In re Assad., 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 38, Candace Oranges

Summary of Diomampo v. State of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 41, Tyler James Watson

Summary of Haney v. State of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 40, Tyler James Watson

Summary of Lehrer McGovern Bovis v. Bullock Insulation, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 39, Katie Weber

Summary of Brooks v. Bonnet, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 36, Tyler Ure

Summary of Douglas v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 37, Tyler Ure

Summary of Mayfield v. Koroghli, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. Citation 34, Nevada Law Journal

Summary of Fed. Ins. Co., v. Am. Hardware Mut. Ins. Co., Nev. Adv. Op. No. 31, Emily Reed

Summary of Duchess Bus. Servs., Inc. v. Nev. St. Bd. of Pharmacy, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 32, Danielle Tarmu

Summary of Hidalgo v. District Court, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 33, Barbra E. Zess

Summary of Hamm v. Arrowcreek Homeowner’s Ass’n, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 28, Airene Haze

Summary of Whitemaine v. Aniskovich, 124 Nev. Advanced Opinion 29, Meredith Holmes

Summary of Stockmeier v. Nevada Department of Corrections Psychological Review Panel, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 30, Holly Ludwig

Summary of Bob Allyn Masonry v. David Murphy, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No 27, Tyler Ure

Summary of Las Vegas Fetish & Fantasy v. Ahern Rentals, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 26, Tyler Ure

Summary of Father & Sons & a Daughter Too vs. Transp. Servs. Auth. of Nev., 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 24, Danielle Tarmu

Summary of Loomis v. Whitehead, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 7, Emily Reed

Summary of Johnson v. District Court, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 23, Tyler Ure

Summary of Mclellan v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 25, Tyler Ure

Summary of Turner v. Mandalay Sports Entertainment, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 20, Tyler James Watson

Summary of Buzz Stew, LLC v. City of North Las Vegas, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 21, Barbra E. Zess

Summary of Brooks v. State of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. Citation 19, Nevada Law Journal

Summary of International Game Tech., Inc. v. Dist. Ct., 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 18, Krystal Gallagher

Summary of In re Orpheus Trust, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 16, Tanya Gaylord

Summary of Sparks Nugget v. State Dept. of Taxation, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 15, Airene Haze

Summary of Anderson Family Assocs. v. State Engineer, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 17 , Nevada Law Journal

Summary of Public Employees’ Benefits Prog. v. LVMPD, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 14, Meredith Holmes

Summary of State v. Lewis, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 13, Holly Ludwig

Summary of Dozier v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 12, Alissa Macomber

Summary of Grey v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 11, Katie Maw

Summary of Torrealba v. Kesmetis, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 10, Barbara McDonald

Summary of UMC Physicians v. Nev. Serv. Emp. Union, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 9, William Miller

Summary of In re Tiffany Living Trust 2001, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 8, Candace Oranges

Summary of Loomis v. Whitehead, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 7, Charles R. Peterson

Summary of Nevada Classified Sch. Emp. Ass’n v. Quaglia, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 6, Emily Reed

Summary of Hooks v. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 50 , Nevada Law Journal

Summary of Pankopf v. Peterson, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 4, Danielle Tarmu

Summary of Dancer v. Golden Coin, Ltd., 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No.2, Tyler Ure

Summary of Lioce v. Cohen, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 1, Nevada Law Journal