University of Nevada v. Tarkanian

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, C. J.:

The respondent, Jerry Tarkanian, commenced this action in the district court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from a severance order barring Tarkanian from association with the athletic program of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

UNLV, its president and regents have appealed. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), whose report of Tarkanian’s activities was the predicate for UNLV’s *391order of suspension, is not a party to this action. The NCAA has filed an amicus curiae brief with this court.

THE BACKGROUND OF THE LITIGATION

UNLV…