Legal Opinion
Governor v. Nevada State Legislature
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided September 17, 2003No. 41679PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
On July 10, 2003, we entered an opinion in this matter partially granting the Governor’s petition for a writ of mandamus and denying the counter-petition filed by twenty Legislators. Our opinion directed this court’s clerk to issue a writ directing the Legislature “to proceed expeditiously with the 20th Special Session under simple majority rule.” The impetus for the writ petition, and our opinion, was the Nevada Legislature’s continued failure to appropriate funds for the K-12 school system and to balance the state’s budget by providing an adequate revenue plan to defray the state’s…
3Cases cited27 opinions
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