Legal Opinion

O'BRIEN v. State Bar of Nevada

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided January 22, 1998No. 29748PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

By the Court, Shearing, L:

Petitioner John O’Brien petitions this court for a writ of mandamus or prohibition directing the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada (“the Board”) to vacate the appointment of *73attorney Laura Wightman FitzSimmons to the Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection (“the Commission”), compelling State Bar President-Elect Robert Dickerson to disclose to the Board of Governors the basis of false information that he presented to the Board, and directing the Board to engage in a new selection process for the appointment of a member to the Commission.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ainsworth v. Combined Insurance Co. of AmericaNevada Supreme Court · 1989
  2. State Ex Rel. Department of Transportation v. BarsyNevada Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Waters v. BarrNevada Supreme Court · 1987

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Blocker v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  2. State v. MillerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1905
  3. City of Las Vegas Downtown Redevelopment Agency v. Eighth Judicial District Court of NevadaNevada Supreme Court · 2000
  4. AGWARA VS. STATE BAR OF NEVADANevada Supreme Court · 2017
  5. AGWARA VS. STATE BAR OF NEVADANevada Supreme Court · 2017

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