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DEWEY v. REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF RENO

No. 35339.

64 P.3d 1070 (2003)

Jon Severen DEWEY, an Individual; Rosemary B. Digrazia, an Individual; Antoinette Mollett Harsh, an Individual; Nanna R. Rassu, an Individual; the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a Private Non-Profit Organization; and the Truckee Meadows Heritage Trust, a Non-Profit Corporation, Appellants/Cross-Respondents, v. The REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF the CITY OF RENO, Nevada, Respondent/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 14, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Dickerson, Reno, for Appellants/Cross-Respondents National Trust for Historic Preservation and Truckee Meadows Heritage Trust.

K. Sue Trimmer, Reno, for Appellants/Cross-Respondents Dewey, DiGrazia, Harsh and Rassu.

Patricia A. Lynch, City Attorney, and Michael K. Halley and Michael L. Melner, Deputy City Attorneys, Reno; Goldfarb & Lipman and David M. Robinson, Lee C. Rosenthal, and Yoomie L. Ahn, Oakland, California, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This appeal and cross-appeal asks whether private, back-to-back staff briefings attended by less than a quorum of a public body violates Nevada's Open Meeting Law. We conclude that, absent substantial evidence of serial communications to support a finding of action or deliberation towards a decision, private back-to-back briefings of less than a quorum of a public body do not violate the Open Meeting Law. Therefore, we conclude...

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