Legal Opinion
Carrigan v. Commission on Ethics
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided July 29, 2010No. 51920PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*279OPINION
By the Court,
Douglas, J.:
In this appeal, we consider whether the Nevada Commission on Ethics’ censure of an elected public officer for alleged voting violations under NRS 281A.420(2)(c) violates the First Amendment.2 NRS 281A.420(2)(c) sets forth one of the legal standards for determining whether a public officer must abstain from voting on a particular matter, based on the officer’s “commitment in a private capacity to the interests of others.” NRS 281A.420(8) defines this commitment to include four specific prohibited relationships between a public official and others and describes a…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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