Washoe County v. Otto

*426OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, J.:

In this appeal, we examine the Nevada Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requirement that a petitioner name, as respondents to a petition for judicial review of an administrative decision, “all parties of record.” NRS 233B.130(2)(a). Because the APA grants the district court special statutory jurisdiction to review an administrative decision, we conclude that a party must strictly comply with the APA naming requirement as a prerequisite to invoking the district court’s jurisdiction. Thus, when a petitioner fails to name in its petition each party of record to…