Legal Opinion
Priest v. Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided August 25, 1988No. 18967PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*425OPINION
2Per curiam
In the early evening hours of December 23, 1985, Raymond Belknap and James Vance took a sawed-off shotgun to an empty churchyard. They made their way to the children’s play area and sat down. Raymond Belknap anchored the gun beneath his chin, pulled the trigger, and thus ended his short life. James Vance also shot himself, but survived with critical injuries.
Lawsuits were soon filed against the petitioners and others by Vance and by Belknap’s mother, claiming that the Judas Priest album “Stained Class” had directly caused their suicidal actions. Petitioners herein, the individual…
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