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McKAY v. BD. OF COM'RS OF DOUGLAS CTY.

No. 17617.

746 P.2d 124 (1987)

Brian McKAY, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Appellant, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nevada: Herbert Witt, Robert Pruett, Barbara Cook and Robert Oswald, in their capacity as Commissioners for the County of Douglas, and Brent Kolvet, in his official capacity as District Attorney of Douglas County, Nevada, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian McKay, Atty. Gen. and Scott W. Doyle, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, for appellant.

Brent Kolvet, Dist. Atty. and Stephen Balkenbush, Deputy Dist. Atty., Minden, for respondents.

OPINION

SPRINGER, Justice:

Nevada's Open Meeting Law1 requires all meetings of public bodies to be public meetings "except as otherwise specifically provided by statute." On December 6, 1984, the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners, a public body, conducted a closed meeting with its attorney. Since there is no statute which provides a specific exception permitting public bodies to hold closed meetings simply because...

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