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UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA v. TARKANIAN

No. 10425.

594 P.2d 1159 (1979)

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Donald H. Baepler, as President of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an Officer of the University of Nevada, and James Buchanan, II, Dr. Fred Anderson, John Buchanan, Lilly Fong, Chris Karamanos, Molly Knudtsen, Dr. Louis Lombardi, Brenda Mason, John Tom Ross, as Members of the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada, Appellants, v. Jerry TARKANIAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Jones, Bell, Close & Brown, Las Vegas, for appellants.

Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas, for respondent.

Wiener, Goldwater & Waldman, Las Vegas, for amicus curiae Nat. Collegiate Athletic Ass'n.

OPINION

MOWBRAY, Chief Justice:

The respondent, Jerry Tarkanian, commenced this action in the district court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from a severance order barring Tarkanian from association with the athletic program of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

UNLV, its president and regents have appealed. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), whose report of Tarkanian's activities was the predicate for UNLV's...

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