MORRIS v. BD. OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF NEV.

No. 12612.

625 P.2d 562 (1981)

William W. MORRIS, as taxpayer and citizen of the State of Nevada, Appellant and Cross-Respondent, v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA; Robert A. Cashell, as Chairman of the Board of Regents; Donald H. Baepler, as Chancellor and ex-officio Treasurer of the University of Nevada; Kenneth W. Partridge, as Vice Chancellor for Finance of the University of Nevada; Bonnie M. Smotony, as Secretary of the Board of Regents; Stanton B. Colton, as Treasurer of the State of Nevada; and Wilson McGowan, as Controller of the State of Nevada, Respondents and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris & Wood, Las Vegas, for appellant and cross-respondent.

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Larry D. Lessly, Reno, and Dawson, Nagel, Sherman & Howard, Denver, Colo., for respondents and cross-appellants.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Morris challenges the legality of issuance of certain bonds by the University of Nevada, authorized by the legislature. The district court held that issuance of part of the bonds authorized (referred to as the 1979(2) bonds) was unconstitutional insofar as they were funded by the proceeds of the slot machine tax under the debt limitation of the Nevada constitution.1 Respondents have cross appealed...

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