Supreme Court of Nevada Decisions 2024
Date: April 25, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 32
Docket Number: 88027
Date: April 18, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 30
Docket Number: 83999
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a challenge to the constitutionality of several Nevada statutes regulating "ghost guns," or unfinished firearm frames or receivers. The respondent, Polymer80, Inc., a manufacturer of gun-related…
Date: April 18, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 29
Docket Numbers: 84345, 84640
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute between the City of Las Vegas and 180 Land Co., LLC over a 35-acre parcel of land. 180 Land Co. purchased the land, which was part of a larger 250-acre golf course, with the intention of…
Date: April 18, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 25
Docket Number: 84563
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a minor, D.C. Jr., who was charged with murder, attempted murder, and robbery. D.C. Jr., who has an IQ of 66, was 14 years old at the time of the alleged crimes. His counsel requested a competency…
Date: April 18, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 26
Docket Number: 84800
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a personal injury claim filed by Laura Graham against International Property Holdings, LLC (IPH) and its sole member, Ovidiu Ene. Graham sustained injuries when she tripped and fell over a…
Date: April 18, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 27
Docket Number: 85305
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a property dispute between two neighboring parties, Bo and Dan Jones (appellants), and Hamed Ghadiri (respondent). A block wall, erected before either party owned their respective properties, did…
Date: April 18, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 28
Docket Number: 87681
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around an initiative petition proposed by Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom (NRF) to establish a constitutional right to reproductive freedom. The petition would grant every individual the right to make…
Date: April 4, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 22
Docket Number: 85860
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, Lance and Eva Posner purchased a property with an outstanding loan secured by a deed of trust, which they assumed responsibility for. The deed of trust was later assigned to U.S. Bank. In 2012, U.S. Bank filed a…
Date: April 4, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 23
Docket Number: 85887
Justia Opinion Summary: Ramel Ortiz was convicted of six counts of sexual assault and other felonies after breaking into M.P.'s house and forcing her to engage in multiple sexual acts. Four of these sexual assault counts arose from an incident…
Date: March 28, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 18
Docket Number: 86035
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Nevada addressed whether the provision under NRS 62C.200(1)(b) violates the separation of powers doctrine. This provision requires the district attorney's written approval before a juvenile court may…
Date: March 28, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 19
Docket Number: 86156
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada dealt with the issue of the scope of a valid search warrant and its implications under the Fourth Amendment. The appellant, Deva One Smith, was convicted of two…
Date: March 28, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 20
Docket Number: 86982
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Christopher Kabew, who pleaded guilty to attempted residential burglary, his first felony conviction. His sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation with the condition that he complete a…
Date: March 21, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 17
Docket Number: 84998
Justia Opinion Summary: In a divorce case, the Supreme Court of Nevada was asked to consider whether a law firm, established by one spouse before the marriage and incorporated under a different name during the marriage, constitutes that…
Date: March 21, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 16
Docket Number: 85987
Justia Opinion Summary: The appellant, Demitri Gee, was convicted for driving under the influence resulting in substantial bodily harm. He appealed the judgment of conviction, challenging the restitution amount of $9,940 that was awarded to the…
Date: March 14, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 14
Docket Numbers: 79658, 80113, 80968
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada ruled on the constitutionality of assigning senior justices to temporarily serve on the Supreme Court in the event of a disqualified justice. The appellant, Valley…
Date: March 14, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 15
Docket Number: 85185
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of Nevada was tasked with determining whether a government entity, in this case Clark County, qualifies as a "person" under Nevada's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public…
Date: March 7, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 13
Docket Number: 83672
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves an appeal from a judgment of conviction for second-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. The appellant, Jamel Gibbs, was convicted following a trial during which a recorded phone call between…
Date: March 7, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 56
Docket Number: 83847
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Nevada ruled on a motion for disqualification of a supreme court justice in a medical malpractice action appeal. The appellant argued that Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct 2.11(A)(6)(d) required…
Date: March 7, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 56
Docket Numbers: 84492, 84881, 83847
Justia Opinion Summary: In a medical malpractice case before the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, the plaintiff, Kimberly D. Taylor, sued Dr. Keith Brill and Women’s Health Associates of Southern Nevada-Martin PLLC for professional…
Date: March 7, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 57
Docket Number: 84655
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from a contentious guardianship dispute over Kathleen June Jones. The Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Division in Clark County, Nevada appointed an attorney to act as a Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) for…
Date: March 7, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 11
Docket Number: 85056
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada considered a dispute between LaMont’s Wild West Buffalo, LLC and Nathanial Terry. LaMont’s had acted as an order-buyer to procure 517 bison for Terry’s Montana ranch…
Date: March 7, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 12
Docket Number: 85844
Justia Opinion Summary: This case revolves around a lawsuit filed by Tiffiny Grace, legal guardian of E.G., against Sunrise Hospital and Nurse Cord Olsen for professional negligence. E.G. was born prematurely at Sunrise Hospital and suffered…
Date: February 15, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 8
Docket Number: 85195
Justia Opinion Summary: In the State of Nevada, Alexander M. Falconi, operating as the press organization Our Nevada Judges, petitioned against the Eighth Judicial District Court, the Honorable Charles J. Hoskin, District Judge, and parties in…
Date: February 8, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 6
Docket Number: 85804
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, the plaintiff, Steve Wynn, a prominent figure in Nevada gaming and politics, filed a defamation claim against the defendants, The Associated Press and its…
Date: January 25, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 3
Docket Number: 84439
Justia Opinion Summary: In September 2019, Kathryn Abbott was assisting her child on a slide at Vivaldi Park in Henderson when she slipped and fractured her leg in multiple places. Abbott and her husband, Andrew Dodgson-Field, sued the City of…
Date: January 25, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 4
Docket Numbers: 84739, 84741, 84742, 84809, 85137
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada considered whether the Nevada State Engineer had the authority to combine multiple existing hydrographic basins into one "superbasin" for the purposes of water…
Date: January 4, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 2
Docket Numbers: 85331, 84352
Justia Opinion Summary: This is a criminal appeal of a murder and sexual assault conviction. The appellant, Bryce Edward Dickey, was convicted for the murder and sexual assault of sixteen-year-old Gabrielle Ujlaky. He claimed that the trial…
Date: January 4, 2024
Citation: 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 1
Docket Numbers: 85538, 84647
Justia Opinion Summary: In a personal injury case, Alejandro Lopez Aguilar, the appellant, had filed a lawsuit against Lucky Cab Co. and Adugna Demesash, the respondents. Before trial, Lucky Cab made an offer of judgment to Aguilar for a lump…
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