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SAWYER v. FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. 5021

410 P.2d 748 (1966)

Grant SAWYER, Governor of the State of Nevada, Petitioner, v. The FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF ORMSBY, and the Honorable Frank B. Gregory, Judge Thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada

February 4, 1966

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen. Carson City, for Petitioner.

Theodore H. Stokes, Dist. Atty. County Ormsby, Robert F. List, Deputy Dist. Atty., Laxalt, Ross and Laxalt, Carson City, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner, the governor of Nevada, seeks a writ of prohibition to bar the First Judicial District Court from impaneling a state grand jury pursuant to NRS 6.135. Said statute initially was invoked by the lieutenant governor.

The facts are not in dispute. Prior to November 28, 1965, a controversy erupted as to conduct of the Nevada State Department of Highways. In public statements, the lieutenant governor suggested that a state grand jury be impaneled...

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