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ELSON v. BOWEN

No. 5438.

436 P.2d 12 (1967)

Dean ELSON, Robert Lee, M. B. Parker, James Moreland and Arthur Barrett, Petitioners, v. Grant L. BOWEN, District Judge, Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, In and For the County of Clark, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 20, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Carl Eardley, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph L. Ward, U.S. Atty., for D. Nevada, Julien G. Sourwine, Asst. U.S. Atty. for D. Nevada, Alan S. Rosenthal, and Robert V. Zener, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Jones & Jones, Las Vegas, Peter R. Taft, Thomas A. Wadden, Jr., Washington, D.C., Bryant R. Burton and Adrian P. Marshall, Beverly Hills, Cal. for respondent.

OPINION

ZENOFF, Justice.

Three lawsuits were brought to recover damages arising out of allegedly illegal electronic surveillance of conversations at hotels in Las Vegas constituting invasion of privacy and violation of Sec. 6, Chapter 242, Stats. of Nevada, 1957. (Cf. Fowler v. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 343 F.2d 150 (5th Cir.1965).) That statute, NRS 200.650, provides:

"Unauthorized, surreptitious intrusion...

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