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TARKANIAN v. NAT. COLL. ATHLETIC ASS'N

No. 16256.

741 P.2d 1345 (1987)

Jerry TARKANIAN, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Dr. Leonard Goodall, as President of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Officer of the University of Nevada; Frankie Sue Del Papa, Lilly Fong, Dorothy Gallagher, Chris Karamanos, Joan Denney, Daniel J. Klaich, John McBride, Joann Sheerin, and June Whitely as Members of the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada, Appellants and Cross-Respondents. v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, Respondent and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lionel, Sawyer & Collins and Mark A. Solomon, Las Vegas, for Jerry Tarkanian.

Jones, Jones, Close & Brown, Las Vegas, for UNLV, et al.

Beasley, Hamilton & Holden, Reno, David Goldwater, Las Vegas, Swanson, Midgley, Gangwere, Clarke, & Kitchin, Kansas City, Mo., for Nat. Collegiate Athletic Ass'n.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This is the second appeal in litigation involving Jerry Tarkanian's suspension as head basketball coach at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV). The trial court granted Tarkanian injunctive relief because of the NCAA's failure to comply with due process standards. The trial court also awarded Tarkanian attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. We affirm in most respects, reversing and remanding only for recomputation of...

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