HARVEY v. DIST. CT.

No. 35144.

32 P.3d 1263 (2001)

117 Nev. 754

The STATE of Nevada, ex rel. Amy HARVEY, the Duly-Elected County Clerk of Washoe County and ex Officio Court Clerk of the Second Judicial District Court, and Amy Harvey in Her Official Capacity as Clerk of the Second Judicial District Court, Plaintiff/Petitioner, v. The SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, in and for the COUNTY OF WASHOE, and the Honorable Charles M. McGee, Chief Judge, Second Judicial District Court; the Honorable Brent T. Adams, District Judge, Second Judicial District Court; the Honorable Janet J. Berry, District Judge, Second Judicial District Court; the Honorable Peter I. Breen, District Judge, Second Judicial District Court; the Honorable Steven P. Elliott, District Judge, Second Judicial District Court; the Honorable James W. Hardesty, District Judge, Second Judicial District Court; the Honorable Scott Jordan, District Judge, Second Judicial District Court; the Honorable Steven R. Kosach, District Judge, Second Judicial District Court; the Honorable Jerome M. Polaha, District Judge, Second Judicial District Court; the Honorable Deborah Schumacher, District Judge, Second Judicial District Court; and the Honorable Connie J. Steinheimer, District Judge, Second Judicial District Court, Defendants/Respondents and Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Langton, Reno, for Petitioner.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, and Thomas M. Patton, First Assistant Attorney General, Carson City, for Respondents.

Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney, and Janson F. Stewart, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Amicus Curiae Shirley Parraguirre.

Scott W. Doyle, District Attorney, Douglas County, for Amicus Curiae Nevada Association of County Clerks.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

By the Court, BECKER, J.:

This is an original proceeding by complaint and information in the nature of quo warranto. The complaint arises from a disagreement between the Washoe County Clerk, Amy Harvey, and the Second Judicial District Court over the District Court's assumption of the supervision and control of the court clerk's position.1

Harvey asserts that the county clerk is the sole person designated...

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