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DEL PAPA v. STEFFEN

No. 27847.

915 P.2d 245 (1996)

Nevada Attorney General, Frankie Sue DEL PAPA, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Thomas L. STEFFEN, Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, The Honorable Charles E. Springer, Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, The Honorable David Zenoff, Senior Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, in their official capacities and Herbert J. Ahlswede, in his official capacity as Special Investigator, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City, for Petitioner.

Chuck R. Gardner, Las Vegas, for Respondents.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Respondent Justices have appointed a "Special Master" to investigate alleged leaks of information to the press in violation of two early orders by a panel of this court directing that the proceedings before this court in Case No. 24598, "the Whitehead case," be kept confidential. We conclude that these orders mandating confidentiality were invalid and that Respondent Justices lack constitutional...

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