Legal Opinion
Clark County v. City of Las Vegas
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 1978No. 9953PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Thompson, J.:
This action was commenced to challenge the constitutionality of the 1977 legislative act creating a metropolitan fire department in any city having a population of 125,000 or more located in a county having a population of 200,000 or more and in which a county fire agency exists within 10 miles of the city. NRS 280A.011-280A.201.
The constitutional challenge is twofold. First, that since only the City of Las Vegas and the County of Clark have the requisite population, the Act must fall as local and special legislation prohibited by Nev. Const, art. 4, § 20;…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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