STATE EX REL. WELFARE DIV. v. EIGHTH JUD. DIST. CT.

No. 5977.

462 P.2d 37 (1969)

STATE of Nevada, On the Relation of the WELFARE DIVISION OF the Nevada STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WELFARE AND REHABILITATION, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, DEPARTMENT FOUR Thereof, and the Honorable Thomas J. O'Donnell, Presiding Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Norman H. Samuelson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, for petitioner.

Harry E. Claiborne, Las Vegas, Foley, Garner & Shoemaker, Las Vegas, for respondents.


OPINION

MOWBRAY, Justice.

This is a petition by the State of Nevada on the relation of the Welfare Division of the Nevada State Department of Health, Welfare and Rehabilitation for (1) a writ of prohibition enjoining the Honorable Thomas J. O'Donnell, Presiding Judge of Department No. 4 of the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, from hearing an adoption proceeding pending in his court, on the grounds that the judge is biased and prejudiced...

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