Legal Opinion
Howard v. Sandoval
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided May 13, 2010No. 52066PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The certified question in this case asks whether a Nevada default judgment based on a defendant’s failure to answer a complaint served by publication carries issue-preclusive effect. Because Nevada law requires an issue to have been actually and necessarily litigated for issue preclusion to apply, a default judgment entered in these circumstances does not carry such effect.
FACTS
The certified question originates in a proceeding before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada to de termine the dischargeability of a debt embodied in a Nevada default judgment against…
3Cases cited12 opinions
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- In Re Gregory Dewitt Cantrell, DebtorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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