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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 2008 2008

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

Submissions from 2007 2007

Summary of SFPP, L.P. v. Dist. Ct., 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 56, Jared Christensen

Summary of ASAP Storage, Inc. v. City of Sparks, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 61, Tyler James Watson

Summary of Hsu v. County of Clark, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 60, Diane L. Welch

Summary of Hidalgo v. District Court, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 59, Barbra E. Zess

Summary of Johanson vs. Dist. Ct., 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 58, Jamie Zimmerman

Summary of Allstate Ins. Co. v. Thorpe, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 52, Kristina Escamilla

Summary of Horgan v. Felton, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 53, Krystal Gallagher

Summary of Wilson v. State of Nevada, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 54, Tanya Gaylord

Summary of Staccato v. Valley Hospital, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 49, Joshua Gilmore

Summary of Nelson v. State, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 50, Airene Haze

Summary of Douglas Disposal, Inc. v. Wee Haul, LLC, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 51, Nevada Law Journal

Summary of Matter of Halverson, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 29, Jennifer Arias

Summary of Dewey v. State, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 47, Nevada Law Journal

Summary of Boulder Oaks Cmty. Ass’n v. B & J Andrews Enterprises, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 46 , M. Charles Seaton

Summary of Martinez v. Maruszczak, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 43, Alissa Macomber

Summary of Ryan v. Dist. Ct., 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 42, Katie Maw

Summary of Arnold v. Kip, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 41, Barbara McDonald

Summary of Leven v. Frey, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 40, William Miller

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

Summary of Clark Cty. Sch. Dist. v. Richardson Constr., 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 39, Danielle Tarmu

Summary of Caballero v. Dist. Ct., 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 34, Jerald Van Rhyn

Summary of Witherow v. State, Bd. Of Parole Comm’rs, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 33, Tyler Ure

Summary of Nay v. State, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 35, Tyler James Watson

Summary of Westpark Owners’ Ass’n v. Dist. Ct., 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 37, Barbra E. Zess

Summary of Nanopierce Tech. v. Depository Trust, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 38, Jamie Zimmerman

Summary of Marcuse v. Del Webb Communities, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 30, Jeremy K. Cooper

Summary of Gallegos v. State, 123 Nev. Advanced Opinion 31, Matthew Engle

Summary of State v. Ruscetta, Nev. Adv. Op. No. 32, Krystallin Hernandez

Summary of Halverson v. Hardcastle, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 29, Jennifer Arias

Summary of Manwill v. Clark County, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 28, Erin Phillips

Summary of Anvui, LLC v. G.L. Dragon, LLC, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 25, Kelly Walker

Summary of Nelson v. Heer, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 26, Shauna Welsh

Summary of Arata v. Faubion, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 19, Krystallin Hernandez

Summary of Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 18, Krystallin Hernandez

Summary of In the Matter of Discipline of Paul Droz, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 20, Michelle L'Hommedieu

Summary of Callie v. Bowling, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 22, Bret Meich

Summary of Schuster v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., Nev. Adv. Op. No. 23, Sherry Moore

Summary of Valdez v. Employers Insurance Company of Nevada, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 21, Matt Lay

Summary of Schmidt v. Washoe County, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 16, Matthew H. Engle

Summary of Johnson v. State, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 17, Michael J. Gayan

Summary of Edwards v. Ghandour, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 14, Jennifer Arias

Summary of McGrath v. State, Dep’t of Pub. Safety, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 15, Jeremy K. Cooper

Summary of Monroe v. Columbia Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 13, Ryan Andrus

Summary of Francesca Bero-Wachs v. The Law Office of Logar and Pulver, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 10, Judy Carol Cox

Summary of Savage v. Pierson, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 12, Judy Carol Cox

Summary of Silver State Elec. V. State, Dep’t of Tax, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 11, Judy Carol Cox

Summary of Byford v. State, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 9, Joshua Woodbury

Summary of Richardson Constr. v. Clark Cty. Sch. Dist., 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 8, Joshua Woodbury

Summary of Hightower v. StateHightower v. State, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. 7, Shauna Welsh

Submissions from 2006 2006

Summary of Flamingo Hilton v. Gilbert, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 108, Aubree Nielsen

Summary of Washoe Med. Ctr. v. Dist. Ct., 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 110, Aubree Nielsen

Summary of In re Christensen, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 111, Erin Phillips

Summary of Matter of Petition of Phillip A. C., 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 109, Erin Phillips