Category: Nevada Supreme Court Opinions

131 P.2d 513 THE STATE OF NEVADA ON THE RELATION OF FRANK L. GARAVENTA, RELATOR, v. GARAVENTA LAND LIVESTOCK COMPANY, A CORPORATION, JOSEPH A. GARAVENTA, AS DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, AND TREASURER, AND WILLIAM E. GARAVENTA, AS DIRECTOR OF SAID CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. No. 3347Supreme Court of Nevada. November 30, 1942. ON THE MERITS Page 408 APPEAL from […]

839 P.2d 97 LAUREN A. COTY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF MARK L. COTY AND CARL R. BLINCOE AND PAMELA J. SIZEMORE, AS GUARDIANS AD LITEM OF ALEXANDER R. BLINCOE, A MINOR, AND CARL R. BLINCOE, APPELLANTS, v. WASHOE COUNTY, WASHOE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, GREGG LUBBE, DANIEL L. CAVALLO AND NICK […]

705 P.2d 609 JIMMY NEUSCHAFER, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, RESPONDENT. No. 14807Supreme Court of Nevada. August 27, 1985 Appeal from conviction of first degree murder and sentence of death; First Judicial District Court, Carson City, Michael E. Fondi, Judge. Ronald F. Cauley; Linda Edmiston, Reno, for Appellant. Brian McKay, Attorney General, Dan Reaser, […]

836 P.2d 70 GEORGIANA GREENWELL AND GLEN H. GREENWELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND DBA GREENWELL PARALEGAL CENTER, APPELLANTS, v. THE STATE BAR OF NEVADA, RESPONDENT. No. 21467Supreme Court of Nevada. August 14, 1992 Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Charles M. McGee, J. William Curley, Gillette, Wyoming, for Appellants. McDonald, Carano, Wilson, McCune, Bergin, Frankovich […]

22 P.2d 358 WARD ET AL. v. SCHEELINE BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY ET AL. No. 3010Supreme Court of Nevada. May 24, 1933. [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] APPEAL from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County Clark J. Guild, Judge presiding. […]

105 P.3d 792 MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ v. STATE. No. 35938.Supreme Court of Nevada. December 18, 2001. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Appeal from the Sixth Dist., Wagner, D.J. Decision without published opinion. Affirmed. Page 1160

42 P.3d 808 JOSEPH D. CANTERINO, APPELLANT, v. THE MIRAGE CASINO-HOTEL, A NEVADA CORPORATION, DBA THE MIRAGE, RESPONDENT. No. 30659.Supreme Court of Nevada. March 19, 2002. Rehearing denied August 27, 2002. Rehearing of Canterino v. The Mirage Casino-Hotel, 117 Nev. 19, 16 P.3d 415 (2001). Appeal from a district court order granting a new trial […]

737 P.2d 512 HARVEY YOUNG, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, RESPONDENT. No. 15119Supreme Court of Nevada. May 29, 1987 Appeal from a judgment of conviction for murder, fetal manslaughter and burglary. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; William N. Forman, Judge. Martin H. Wiener, Reno, for Appellant. Brian McKay, Attorney General, Carson City; Mills […]

106 P.3d 1242 ARCHIE MIHALCHEAN v. STATE. No. 39490.Supreme Court of Nevada. December 9, 2002. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Appeal from the Second Dist., Kosach, D.J. Decision without published opinion. Affirmed.

671 P.2d 634 IRIS MARIE DAVID, APPELLANT, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, RESPONDENT. No. 14862Supreme Court of Nevada. November 10, 1983 Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Carson City; Michael E. Fondi, Judge. Thomas E. Perkins, State Public Defender, Carson City, an Norman Y. Herring, Special Deputy Public Defender, Incline Village, for Appellant. Brian McKay, […]

701 P.2d 1006 RUTH L. MEERS, APPELLANT, v. HAUGHTON ELEVATOR, A DIVISION OF RELIANCE ELECTRIC COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION; DOES I-V AND ROE CORPORATION IV, RESPONDENTS. No. 15857Supreme Court of Nevada. June 21, 1985 Appeal from summary judgment in favor of respondent Haughton Elevator; Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Stephen L. Huffaker, Judge. Page […]

106 P.3d 1256 SEMLER v. EXBER, INC. No. 35722.Supreme Court of Nevada. August 12, 2002. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Appeal from the Eighth Dist., Porter, D.J. Decision without published opinion. Affirmed/Reversed/Remanded.

106 P.3d 1235 LEITER v. LEITER. No. 36136.Supreme Court of Nevada. September 10, 2002. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Appeal from the Second Dist., McGee, D.J. Decision without published opinion. Affirmed.

130 P.3d 653 JAMES KOLLER, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA AND LEON ABERASTURI, LYON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, RESPONDENTS. No. 43737.Supreme Court of Nevada. March 16, 2006. Appeal from a district court order granting a writ of prohibition. Third Judicial District Court, Lyon County; Robert E. Estes, Judge. Page 224 Reversed and remanded. Wayne A. […]

454 P.2d 101 THE STATE OF NEVADA, APPELLANT, v. PAUL ERENYI, RESPONDENT. Nos. 5691 and 5692Supreme Court of Nevada. May 2, 1969 Appeals from judgments of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Howard W. Babcock, J. Harvey Dickerson, Attorney General; and George E. Franklin, Jr., District Attorney, and Jerry J. Kaufman, Special Deputy District […]

283 P.2d 611 THOMAS E. SHARP, APPELLANT, v. TWIN LAKES CORPORATION, A NEVADA CORPORATION, AND J.D. WRATHER AND LLOYD L. ST. JOHN, RESPONDENTS. No. 3827Supreme Court of Nevada. May 11, 1955. Appeal from the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Frank McNamee, J. Lindley, Lazar Scales, of San Diego, California, an Taylor Gubler, of Las […]

105 P.3d 811 SCOTT v. STATE. No. 37130.Supreme Court of Nevada. January 23, 2001. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Appeal from the Eighth Dist., McGroarty, D.J. Decision without published opinion. Dismissed.

792 P.2d 26 STATE OF NEVADA, VICTIMS OF CRIME FUND, APPELLANT, v. CHRISTOPHER BARRY AND NANCY BARRY, RESPONDENTS. No. 20101Supreme Court of Nevada. May 16, 1990 Appeal from a district court order denying appellant’s motion for summary judgment and declaring respondents liable to appellant for only partial reimbursement. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Miriam […]

176 P.3d 1081 JERRY HOOKS, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, RESPONDENT. No. 45297.Supreme Court of Nevada. February 21, 2008. Appeal from a judgment of conviction, upon jury verdict, of two counts of sale and one count of giving away a controlled substance and an adjudication of habitual criminality. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; […]

839 P.2d 1308 ELIZABETH E., APPELLANT, v. ADT SECURITY SYSTEMS WEST, INC., ALSO KNOWN AS ADT, WEST, INC., RESPONDENT. No. 22508Supreme Court of Nevada. October 22, 1992 Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Jeffrey D. Sobel, J. Elwin C. Leavitt, Las Vegas, for Appellant. Pico Mitchell, Las Vegas, for Respondent. Page 890 OPINION […]

984 P.2d 172 RAYMOND J. PARODI, AN INDIVIDUAL, D/B/A CONSTRUCTION BY R. PARODI AND SON, Appellant, v. FRANK R. BUDETTI, AN INDIVIDUAL, AND LORETTA M. BUDETTI, AN INDIVIDUAL, Respondents. No. 31225.Supreme Court of Nevada. August 27, 1999. Appeal from an order of the district court awarding attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to an offer of […]

477 P.2d 591 ANTHONY FOX, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, RESPONDENT. No. 6401Supreme Court of Nevada. December 9, 1970 Appeal from judgment of conviction of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Thomas J. O’Donnell, Judge. Page 821 Robert G. Legakes, Public Defender, and David M. Schreiber, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant. […]

613 P.2d 706 TYRONE HAVAS, D/B/A COURTESY MOTORS, APPELLANT, v. BANK OF NEVADA, A NEVADA BANKING CORPORATION; ROGER BAKER; GRANT MENDENHALL; ROBERT OWENS; RALPH LAMB, SHERIFF OF CLARK COUNTY, STATE OF NEVADA; AND ROBERT ORR, RESPONDENTS. No. 10988Supreme Court of Nevada. July 2, 1980 Appeal from order, Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Carl J. […]

105 P.3d 796 McWHIRTER v. HARRIS. No. 33411.Supreme Court of Nevada. April 23, 2001. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Appeal from the Eighth Dist., K. Hardcastle, D.J., Huffaker, D.J. Decision without published opinion. Dismissed.

930 P.2d 691 DALE EDWARD FLANAGAN AND RANDOLPH MOORE, APPELLANTS, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, RESPONDENT. No. 27320Supreme Court of Nevada. December 20, 1996 [Rehearing denied November 21, 1997] Page 1410 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Page 1411 Appeals from […]

839 P.2d 105 JENNIFER B. MALLIN, INDIVIDUALLY, AND JENNIFER B. MALLIN AND ROBERTA GRILL, AS GUARDIANS OF JESSICA B. MALLIN, AND JENNIFER B. MALLIN AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA MALLIN EGYED, DECEASED; EDITH EGYED, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ALEX EGYED, AKA ALEXANDER EGYED, DECEASED; JEANNE DI FIORE COSGROVE; JOHN DI FIORE […]

378 P.2d 524 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF MILTON NORRIS BEASLEY FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. MILTON NORRIS BEASLEY, APPELLANT, v. RALPH LAMB, SHERIFF OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, RESPONDENT. No. 4546Supreme Court of Nevada. February 11, 1963 Appeal from judgment of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; David Zenoff, J. Drake […]

572 P.2d 534 AMERICAN ELEVATOR COMPANY, A COPARTNERSHIP; GERALD J. MONAGHAN, DBA AMERICAN ELEVATOR COMPANY AND JOHN M. DOYLE, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICK MONAGHAN, DECEASED, APPELLANTS, v. DEL L. BRISCOE, RESPONDENT. No. 9069Supreme Court of Nevada. December 27, 1977 Appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff. Second Judicial District Court, […]

194 P.3d 1248 MESAGATE HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, AN UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION; DAVID C. MATHEWSON; SANDRA K. MATHEWSON; SHIRLEY G. FRASER; JACK R. KNOWLES; AND MARY KNOWLES, APPELLANTS, v. CITY OF FERNLEY, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF NEVADA; AND RANDY A. RUDY, BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR THE CITY OF FERNLEY, RESPONDENTS. No. 50994.Supreme Court of Nevada. October […]

596 P.2d 499 HAROLD E. SHERE, APPELLANT, v. LEON D. DAVIS, JR., RESPONDENT. No. 10126Supreme Court of Nevada. June 28, 1979 Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Howard W. Babcock, Judge. Cromer, Barker Michaelson, and Henry H. Rawlings, Jr., Las Vegas, for Appellant. Pomeranz Crockett, Las Vegas, for Respondent. Page 492 OPINION Per […]

520 P.2d 955 CALVIN CHESTER LIGHTFORD, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, RESPONDENT. No. 7372Supreme Court of Nevada. April 1, 1974 Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; James D. Santini, Judge. Raymond E. Sutton, of Las Vegas, for Appellant. Robert List, Attorney General, Carson City; Roy A. Woofter, District Attorney, Charles L. Garner, […]

482 P.2d 288 GEORGE D. SINGLETON, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF NEVADA, RESPONDENT. No. 6313Supreme Court of Nevada. February 10, 1971 Appeal from the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Clarence Sundean, J. Robert G. Legakes, Public Defender, and Robert Archie, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant. Robert List, Attorney General, of Carson City, Roy […]

105 P.3d 779 HERRMANN v. STATE. No. 37047.Supreme Court of Nevada. January 29, 2001. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Appeal from the Second Dist., Elliott, D.J. Decision without published opinion. Dismissed.

105 P.3d 760 CARSON CITY v. BERGE. No. 38212.Supreme Court of Nevada. August 31, 2001. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Appeal from the First Dist., Griffin, D.J. Decision without published opinion. Dismissed.

106 P.3d 1235 STEVEN LEMERT v. CAROL LEMERT. No. 39121.Supreme Court of Nevada. April 26, 2002. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Appeal from the Eighth Dist., Lueck, D.J. Decision without published opinion. Dismissed-Stipulation.

678 P.2d 1160 DAVID WAYNE HATLEY, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, RESPONDENT. No. 14490Supreme Court of Nevada. March 30, 1984 Appeal from order denying petition for post-conviction relief, Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; J. Charles Thompson, Judge. Page 215 Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, and Terrence M. Jackson, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, […]

615 P.2d 970 JOHN TAYLOR AND RUTH TAYLOR, APPELLANTS, v. WILLIAM SILVA, KELLY HIATT AND A K EARTHMOVERS, A NEVADA CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. No. 10632Supreme Court of Nevada. September 5, 1980 Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Churchill County; Howard D. McKibben, Judge. Page 739 Gary C. Backus, Reno, for Appellants. Diehl, Recanzone Evans, Fallon, for […]

105 P.3d 760 CAMERON v. STATE. No. 33814.Supreme Court of Nevada. January 26, 2001. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Appeal from the Eighth Dist., Douglas, D.J. Decision without published opinion. Affirmed.

908 P.2d 724 LILLIAN A. KNITTLE, APPELLANT, v. PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY AND DOUGLAS CUNNINGHAM, RESPONDENTS. No. 26160Supreme Court of Nevada. January 4, 1996 Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Sally L. Loehrer, Judge. Victim of automobile accident while pedestrian in crosswalk sought declaratory judgment that motorcycle insurance policy covered insured tort-feasor while […]

620 P.2d 1256 FRANCES SELSNICK, APPELLANT, v. RICHARD HORTON, RESPONDENT. No. 10779Supreme Court of Nevada. December 30, 1980 Appeal from order granting a new trial, Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; William N. Forman, Judge. Page 945 Douglas G. Lohse, Reno, for Appellant. Vargas, Barlett Dixon, and John C. Renshaw, Reno, for Respondent. OPINION By […]

917 P.2d 944 ROYAL PHELPS, APPELLANT, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, RESPONDENT. No. 26854Supreme Court of Nevada. May 30, 1996 Appeal from an order of the district court granting summary judgment. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Mark Handelsman, Judge. Insured brought action against his uninsured motorist (UM) carrier to recover for total […]

456 P.2d 848 DONALD VOLPERT AND DONALD MURRAY, APPELLANTS, v. WILLIAM T. PAPAGNA, BETTY JO PAPAGNA, ELEANOR ROTT AND THOMAS E. PAPAGNA, RESPONDENTS. No. 5665Supreme Court of Nevada. July 11, 1969 Rehearing denied August 11, 1969 Appeal from the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; William P. Compton, J. Gunderson, Sorenson Jeffers and David C. […]