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DIAZ v. DIST. CT.

No. 32968.

993 P.2d 50 (2000)

Rosalva DIAZ; Eduardo Jesus Diaz, a Minor by and Through His Guardian Ad Litem Rosalva Diaz; Katia Guadalupe Alcantara, a Minor by and Through Her Guardian Ad Litem Jose Antonio Zermeno; Estephania Alcantara, a Minor by and Through Her Guardian Ad Litem Jose Antonio Zermeno; Maria Estrada; and Michael Anthony Estrada, a Minor by and Through His Guardian Ad Litem, Veronica Molina, Petitioners, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, In and For the COUNTY OF CLARK, and the Honorable Mark W. Gibbons, District Judge, Respondents, and Glenn Puit, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Your Legal Power, Herbert L. Michel Jr., Las Vegas, for Petitioners.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Bridget A. Branigan, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, Alverson Taylor Mortensen Nelson & Sanders, Kurt Anderson, Las Vegas, for Respondents.

Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Kevin D. Doty, Las Vegas, for Real Party in Interest.

JoNell Thomas, Las Vegas, for Amicus Curiae, Nevada Press Association.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.

OPINION

LEAVITT, J.

This original petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenges an order of the district court that denied petitioners' motion to compel the real party in interest to answer deposition questions. The real party in interest, a news reporter, invoked the protection of Nevada's news shield statute against compelled disclosure of information he obtained while investigating a fatal traffic accident. As we conclude that the news...

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