Fullerton v. Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada ex rel. County of Washoe

*392OPINION

This original petition for a writ of prohibition, or, in the alternative, a writ of certiorari, challenges the Second Judicial District Court’s jurisdiction to enter an order requiring petitioners to divest themselves of patent rights, to sell their stock in a corporation and to release any claims against the corporation. We conclude that the district court lacks authority to order the proposed sale of petitioners’ property and therefore grant the petition for a writ of prohibition.

FACTS

Petitioner Robert L. Fullerton has developed the “Zip Nut,” which allows any threaded device to be…