University & Community College System of Nevada v. DR Partners

*196OPINION

By the Court,

Rose, J.:

The question presented by this appeal is whether the office of community college president is a public office. A presidential search committee wants to interview applicants for the presidency in a closed meeting, but Nevada’s open meeting law, NRS chapter 241, prohibits a public body from discussing a public officer’s appointment in a closed session. The open meeting law does not define “public office” or “public officer,” so the parties and the district court turned to the statutory definition provided in NRS chapter 281, which governs public officers and…