Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. State General Obligation Bond Commission v. Koontz
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 1968No. 5486 and 5487PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Mowbray, J.:
These cases concern the effect of the state debt limit upon the financing of a facility for the treatment of water from the Colorado River for use in the metropolitan area of Las Vegas.
Since its adoption, the Constitution of this State has imposed a limit upon the amount of debt which the Legislature may contract. The general limitation, originally $300,000, was amended to its present form in 1916, and appears as the first paragraph of the debt limit section as printed in the margin.
The second paragraph was added in 1934. It was designed to enable the State to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Reilly v. OzzardSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- City & County of San Francisco v. LinaresCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- Bickerdike v. StateCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
- Buntman v. City of PhoenixArizona Supreme Court · 1927
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Board of County Commissioners v. CMC of Nevada, Inc.Nevada Supreme Court · 1983
- Friends of Chamber Music v. City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- State Ex Rel. Nevada Building Authority v. HancockNevada Supreme Court · 1970
- Whitehead v. Nevada Commission on Judicial DisciplineNevada Supreme Court · 1994
- Recanzone v. Nevada Tax CommissionNevada Supreme Court · 1976
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