Family Courts May Not Control Municipal-Court Enforcement by “Writ” Issued on Motion; Extraordinary Writs Require a Separate Petition Naming the Inferior Tribunal Case: CITY OF HENDERSON v. DIST. CT....
Conspicuously Posted Sportsbook House Rules Control Wager Payout Terms Through Constructive Notice (Nev. Gaming Reg. 22.150) 1. Introduction In Friedlander v. Tamarack Junction Race & Sports Book...
NRS 50.700 Bars Court-Ordered Psychological Exams of Sexual-Offense Victims; Lesser-Included Kidnapping May Be Added by Information Amendment Before Verdict Case: JOHNS (DANIELLE) v. STATE (CRIMINAL)...
Actual Notice Permits Pretrial Amendment Adding DUI Per Se Theories as Alternative Means Under NRS 173.095 Introduction In STATE v. DIST. CT. (RESCALVO) (CRIMINAL) (Supreme Court of Nevada, March 12,...
NRS 134.070 “Next of Kin in Equal Degree” Requires Per Capita, Nonrepresentational Distribution (Excluding More Remote Kin) Case: IN RE: ESTATE OF ULVANG, 142 Nev., Advance Opinion 22 (Nev. Mar. 12,...
Independent Actions Under NRCP 60(d)(1) Require a Merits Defense; Trust-Notice Statutes Do Not Automatically Create Due Process Violations Case: HESSER v. BLEA (CIVIL) (Nev. Mar. 9, 2026) — Supreme...
Pundyk Extends Beyond Insanity: Intoxication Experts May Opine on Capacity for Specific Intent Under NRS 50.295 (Harmless-Error Affirmance) Case: MATADAMAS-SERRANO (RUBEN) v. STATE, 142 Nev., Advance...
District Court Exclusively Decides Objections to Short-Trial Proposed Judgments and NRCP 59 Motions Introduction In VEGAS AQUA, LLC v. JUPITOR CORP., 142 Nev., Advance Opinion 21 (Mar. 5, 2026), the...
Gill v. Gill: Hague “Habitual Residence” Does Not Defeat Nevada UCCJEA Home-State Jurisdiction, But Informs Inconvenient-Forum Analysis and Requires Court-to-Court Outreach 1. Introduction In GILL v....
Guilty Plea Waives Unit-of-Prosecution Challenges to NRS 200.725 Counts; NRS 176A.110 Expert “Low Risk” Finding Creates Eligibility, Not an Entitlement to Probation 1. Introduction KEYES (LOGAN) v....
Split NGRI/GBMI Verdicts: Sentencing Courts May Sequence Prison Before Civil Commitment; NRS 175.533(2) “Except as Otherwise Provided” Does Not Import NGRI Commitment Statutes 1. Introduction In...
SCR 252 Settlement-Conference Error and Undisclosed CIRT Impeachment Evidence Require Prejudice/Materiality for Reversal; Mayhem Vacated as Duplicative of Battery 1. Introduction In JACKSON (WILLIAM)...
Aubry v. State: Voluntary Intoxication May Be Considered With (But Not as the Sole Cause of) a “Disease or Defect of the Mind” for NGRI 1. Introduction In AUBRY (MALCOLM) v. STATE (CRIMINAL), 142...
Ex Parte Alternative Mandamus Under the NPRA Requires Findings That Ordinary Inter Partes Procedure Is Inadequate Case: CITY OF RENO v. DIST. CT. (CONRAD) (CIVIL) (142 Nev., Advance Opinion 13)...
State Engineer Need Not Make Findings on Irrelevant NRS 534.090(3) Factors When Denying Extension; Equitable Reinstatement Barred Absent Beneficial Use or Estoppel 1. Introduction In EGGER ENTER.,...
Misjoinder Rule for Nevada Writ Practice: Unrelated Media-Access Challenges Must Be Filed as Separate Mandamus Petitions 1. Introduction In OUR NEV. JUDGES, INC. v. DIST. CT. (THE DOE 1 TRUST)...
Stuckey v. Apex Materials, LLC: No Private Right of Action for NRS 338 Prevailing-Wage Overtime; Exclusive Administrative Enforcement and No End-Run via NRS 608 or Third-Party Beneficiary Theories 1....
Tahoe Compact Non-Preemption of County Adult-Business Licensing; “Touch” Includes Clothed Contact; Ongoing Violations Support Injunction and Contempt Case: LAKE TAHOE FINE DINING, LLC v. DOUGLAS...
Nevada Allows NDTPA and Negligent-Design Claims Against Social Media Platforms to Proceed: Personal Jurisdiction, First Amendment Limits, and No CDA § 230 Immunity Where Claims Target Platform...
Bustamante v. Martin: Scrivener’s Errors in NRCP 68 Offers Do Not Defeat Fee-Shifting When the Intended Offeree Is Clear on the Face; Prejudgment Interest Must Be Excluded from Contingency-Fee...