NEVADA COM'N ON ETHICS v. BALLARD

No. 41785.

102 P.3d 544 (2004)

NEVADA COMMISSION ON ETHICS, Appellant, v. William Boyd BALLARD, II; J. Buffalo Jim Barier; Carolyn Ann Bauer; Nancy A. Brodie; Doug Brozyna; Daniel Cook; Dennis Gomez; Christopher Holloman Hansen; Dawn Pizzorno Hansen; Joshua Hansen; Nicholas Alexander Hansen; Ruth Hansen; Jesse Dominic Harris; Mark A. Holloman; David G. Holmgren; Jackie A. Holmgren; Daniel Joseph; Gregory Richard Miller; Daniel Patrick Nightingale; John Michael Nightingale; Sheila Ann Nightingale; Justin Ramsaier; Patricia Saye; Marianne Stevens; Zachary Michael Triggs; Sarah Jane Nightingale Weckerly; and Merritt K. Yochum, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nevada Commission on Ethics and Nancy L. Varnum, Carson City, for Appellant.

Hansen & Hansen, LLC, and Joel F. Hansen and Jonathan J. Hansen, Las Vegas, for Respondents.

Christopher Holloman Hansen, Henderson, in Proper Person.

Brian Sandoval, Attorney General, and Joshua J. Hicks, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Amicus Curiae.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

In this appeal, we must decide whether the Nevada Commission on Ethics had the authority to (1) determine whether respondents' "Notice[s] in lieu of Statement of Financial Disclosure" and related filings satisfied NRS 281.561's requirement that a political candidate file a financial disclosure statement;2 and (2) seek civil penalties against respondents for violating NRS 281.561. Because we conclude...

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