Las Vegas Sun, Inc. v. Eighth Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Clark

OPINION

By the Court,

Springer, J.:

Petitioners request a writ of prohibition, asserting that the district court has exceeded its jurisdiction by entering a discovery order against them which contravened the provisions of NRS 49.275. The writ will be granted, subject to instructions.

The discovery order was entered during the course of a libel suit brought by Milton Schwartz against the petitioners herein, Herman and Brian Greenspun and the Las Vegas Sun. Schwartz claims that he and two companies which he partly owns (the real parties in interest in this case) were defamed by a series of…