WHITACRE INV. CO. v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP.

Nos. 29401, 29477, 29549.

946 P.2d 191 (1997)

WHITACRE INVESTMENT COMPANY, a General Partnership, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, on Relation of Its DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent. COUNTY OF CLARK, a Political Subdivision of the State of Nevada, on relation of LAS VEGAS CONVENTION AND VISITORS AUTHORITY, Appellant, v. Briant BUCKWALTER; John R. Reese; California Federal Savings and Loan Association, a California Corporation; Tower Enterprises, a partnership; Profit Sharing Plan of Roy R. Valentine, D.D.S., a professional corporation; K.W. Hounsell; K.W. Hounsell, Inc., a Profit Sharing Trust; Profit Sharing Plan of Edgar F. Muncsh, D.D.S., a professional corporation; Ralph W. Engh and Christine J. Engh, husband and wife, Respondents. C.B.M., LTD., A Nevada limited partnership, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, on relation of its DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Kermitt L. Waters, Las Vegas; Laura Wightman FitzSimmons, Las Vegas, for Whitacre Investment Company, Buckwalter, Reese, California Federal Savings and Loan Association, Tower Enterprises, Profit Sharing Plan of Valentine, Hounsell, K.W. Hounsell, Inc., Profit Sharing Plan of Munsch, Engh, and C.B.M., Ltd.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, and John E. Lambert and Leslie A. Nielsen, Deputy Attorneys General, Carson City, for State of Nevada, Department of Transportation.

Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney, and Dale E. Haley, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County; Dickerson, Dickerson, Consul & Pocker and Luke Puschnig, Las Vegas, for County of Clark, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.


OPINION

YOUNG, Justice:

The issue of whether Justice Robert Rose is disqualified because of animus toward Laura FitzSimmons, a party's attorney, was presented and decided in the recent case of Las Vegas Downtown Redev. Agency v. Hecht, 113 Nev. 644, 940 P.2d 134 (1997). Laura FitzSimmons is one of the attorneys for appellant Whitacre Investment Company, respondents Buckwalter, et al., and appellant C.B.M.,...

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