Legal Opinion
Whitehead v. Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 1994No. 24598PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*130OPINION
By the Court,
Zenoff, Sr. J.:
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
This opinion is written to explain certain actions this court has already taken in these proceedings, which commenced when a District Court judge on July 22, 1993, filed an original petition for a writ of mandamus, or alternatively for prohibition, directed to the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline. Our constitutional authority to entertain writs of the kind requested is set forth in article 6 of the Nevada Constitution (the title of which reflects that its purpose is to establish a “Judicial Department”) as follows:
The supreme…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- United States v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by21 opinions
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