State v. City of Fallon

*511OPINION

These cases, consolidated for purposes of this opinion, all arise from similar disputes over the manner in which the Labor Commissioner of the State of Nevada (Commissioner)1 has *512determined the “prevailing wage rate,” or minimum wage which public bodies of this state are required to pay in contracts for public works projects, pursuant to NRS 338.020(1).2 The respondents are “public bodies” subject to this statute, NRS 338.010(2),3 and the Commissioner is charged with the statutory duty of enforcing this requirement. NRS 338.015(1).4

The gist of respondents’ complaint against the…