Legal Opinion
Smith v. Eighth Judicial District Court of State of Nevada
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided December 17, 1997No. 27751PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This original petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenges an order of the district court denying a motion to dismiss a cross-claim for failure to serve the cross-claim within 120 days from the date it was filed.
We have previously stated that we will not exercise our discretion to consider writ petitions that challenge orders of the district court denying motions to dismiss or motions for summary judgment. State ex rel. Dep’t Transp. v. Thompson, 99 Nev. 358, 662 P.2d 1338 (1983). We adopted this policy because very few writ petitions warrant extraordinary relief, and this…
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