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CUMMINGS v. CHARTER HOSP.

No. 23603

896 P.2d 1137 (1995)

Elaine CUMMINGS, Nancy Patnaude and Deborah White, on Behalf of Themselves and all others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. CHARTER HOSPITAL OF LAS VEGAS, INC., Scott Gladstone, Robert Brewer and Doris Javine, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 25, 1995

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamilton D. Moore, Las Vegas, for appellants.

Hafen & Mayor, Las Vegas, for respondent Charter Hosp.

Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Nelson, Las Vegas, for respondents Gladstone and Brewer.

Barker, Gillock, Koning, Brown & Earley and Anthony V. Sorrentino, Las Vegas, for respondent Javine.

OPINION

ROSE, Justice:

Based on their involuntary detention in the respondent mental hospital, appellants Elaine Cummings (Cummings), Nancy Patnaude (Patnaude), and Deborah White (White) (collectively the patients), filed a class action complaint alleging, inter alia, a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights claim and a claim for civil racketeering. The district court declined to certify the action as a class action. The district court also dismissed the patients...

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