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LAS VEGAS SUN v. EIGHTH JUD. DIST. COURT

No. 17930.

761 P.2d 849 (1988)

LAS VEGAS SUN, INC.; Herman Milton Greenspun; and Brain Lee Greenspun, Petitioners, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, In and For the COUNTY OF CLARK, State of Nevada; and the Honorable Joseph S. Pavlikowski, District Judge, Respondents, Milton I. Schwartz, Checker Cab Company of Nevada, Inc., and Yellow Cab Company of Nevada, Inc., Nevada corporations, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beckley, Singleton, DeLanoy, Jemison & List, Frances Forsman, Daniel F. Polsenberg, Las Vegas, Rudin, Richman & Appel and Vincent Chieffo, Beverly Hills, Cal., for petitioners.

Gang & Berkley, Las Vegas, Lubell & Lubell and Mary K. O'Melveny, New York City, for real parties in interest.

Hale, Lane, Peek, Dennison & Howard and Gregg W. Zive, Reno, for amicus curiae.

OPINION

SPRINGER, Justice.

Petitioners request a writ of prohibition, asserting that the district court has exceeded its jurisdiction by entering a discovery order against them which contravened the provisions of NRS 49.275.1 The writ will be granted, subject to instructions.

The discovery order was entered during the course of a libel suit brought by Milton Schwartz against...

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