Maheu v. Eighth Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.:

Petitioner Maheu petitions for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondent court to hear and rule upon his pending motion for the imposition of conditional sanctions against Hughes Tool Co. in connection with the prospective deposition of Howard Hughes.

In prior proceedings this court has already decided interlocutory problems involved in this lawsuit of Robert Maheu against the Howard Hughes interests for what he claims was his wrongful discharge from employment. Our first decision, Maheu v. District Court, 88 Nev. 12, 493 P.2d 709 (1972), removed an ex parte…