PENGILLY v. RANCHO SANTA FE HOMEOWNERS

No. 34352.

5 P.3d 569 (2000)

James W. PENGILLY, and Lorber, Beddoe & Pengilly, Appellants, v. RANCHO SANTA FE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, A Nevada Nonprofit Corporation; and Donna Fischer and William Robinson, Individually and on Behalf of Class Members at Rancho Santa Fe Homeowners Association, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorber, Beddoe & Pengilly, Las Vegas; Lionel Sawyer & Collins and David N. Frederick, Las Vegas, for Appellants.

Vannah Costello Canepa Riedy & Rubino, Las Vegas, for Respondents.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This appeal concerns the issue of the appropriate form of review of an order of contempt—a direct appeal or an original petition for relief pursuant to NRS Chapter 34. We take this opportunity to clarify a troublesome area of this court's jurisdictional case law. We conclude that, as no rule or statute authorizes an appeal from a contempt order, this court does not have jurisdiction over an appeal from such an order. Accordingly...

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