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NAT'L COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASS'N v. TARKANIAN

No. 28508.

939 P.2d 1049 (1997)

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, S. David Berst, and Robert L. Stroup, II, Appellants, v. Jerry TARKANIAN and Lois Tarkanian, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thorndal, Backus, Armstrong & Balkenbush and Craig R. Delk and Stewart C. Fitts, Las Vegas; Swanson, Midgley, Gangwere, Kitchin & McLarney, Kansas City, Kansas, for Appellants.

Charles E. Thompson, Las Vegas; Beckley, Singleton, Jemison & List and Daniel F. Polsenberg, Las Vegas; Freberg & Manley, Irvine, California; Law Offices of Terry M. Giles, Rancho Santa Fe, California, for Respondents.

OPINION

SHEARING, Chief Justice.

Between 1973 and 1992, respondent Jerry Tarkanian ("Tarkanian") coached basketball at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas ("UNLV"). During this time, appellants National Collegiate Athletic Association, S. David Berst, and Robert L. Stroup, II (collectively the "NCAA"), investigated and found violations of NCAA legislation by the UNLV basketball program and Tarkanian, and implemented sanctions. In 1992 Tarkanian resigned...

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