Pengilly v. Rancho Santa Fe Homeowners Ass'n

OPINION

This appeal concerns the issue of the appropriate form of review of an order of contempt—a direct appeal or an original petition for relief pursuant to NRS Chapter 34. We take this opportunity to clarify a troublesome area of this court’s jurisdictional case law. We conclude that, as no rule or statute authorizes an appeal from a contempt order, this court does not have jurisdiction over an appeal from such an order. Accordingly, the proper mode of review is by an original writ petition.

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