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NEVEDA COMM'N ON EQUAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS v. SMITH

No. 4766.

396 P.2d 677 (1964)

NEVADA COMMISSION ON EQUAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS, Appellant and Cross-Respondent, v. Lindsay SMITH, Respondent and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 12, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., and Daniel R. Walsh, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, for appellant and cross-respondent.

Streeter, Sala, Richards & McAuliffe, Reno, for respondent and cross-appellant.

William P. Horgan and Leslie B. Gray, Reno, for Nat. Council of the Churches of Christ, in the U.S.A., amicus curiae.

THOMPSON, Justice.

This case involves the constitutionality of the statute creating the Nevada Commission on Equal Rights of Citizens, the legality of that commission's power to subpoena witnesses, and the enforcement procedure available to the commission should a subpoenaed witness fail to appear and testify.

The controversy arose because of the commission's desire to question an officer of a corporation about its racial policies and practices. The relevant...

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