DR PARTNERS v. BD. OF COUNTY COMM'RS

No. 31999.

6 P.3d 465 (2000)

DR PARTNERS, a Nevada General Partnership, D/B/A Las Vegas Review Journal, Appellant, v. The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CLARK COUNTY, Nevada; Yvonne Atkinson Gates, Chairperson; Lorraine Hunt, Erin Kenny, Mary J. Kincaid, Myrna Williams, Bruce Woodbury and Lance Malone, in Their Representative Capacities; Dale Askew, Clark County Manager, in His Representative Capacity, and Randy Walker, Director of Aviation, in His Representative Capacity, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Campbell & Williams, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney, and Mary-Anne Miller, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondents.

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

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

MAUPIN, J.

The appellant, DR Partners, a Nevada General Partnership, dba Las Vegas Review Journal (the "Newspaper"), operates a newspaper of general circulation in Clark County, Nevada. The respondents are the Clark County Board of Commissioners, individual members of that board, and two managerial employees of county government (the "County").

The district court denied the Newspaper's petition for writ of mandamus seeking disclosure...

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