Legal Opinion
Laakonen v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada Ex Rel. County of Clark
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1975No. 7654PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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By the Court,
Mowbray, J.:
Petitioner, Robert W. Laakonen, seeks a writ of mandamus directing the district court in and for the County of Clark to grant partial summary judgment, in petitioner’s civil tort action, by declaring Nevada’s automobile guest statute, NRS 41.180, violative of the equal protection guarantees provided in Article 4, Section 21, of the Nevada Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. For the reasons stated below, we find the petition meritorious and order the issuance of the writ sought.
1. On January 31, 1970, Petitioner…
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