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BLAINE EQUIP. CO. v. STATE, PURCHASING DIV.

No. 44648.

138 P.3d 820 (2006)

BLAINE EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada; Nevada State Purchasing Division; and State of Nevada Department of Transportation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Callister & Reynolds and Matthew Q. Callister, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

George Chanos, Attorney General, Sonia E. Taggart, Senior Deputy Attorney General, and George G. Campbell, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Respondent State Purchasing Division.

George Chanos, Attorney General, and Teresa J. Thienhaus, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Respondent Department of Transportation.

Before ROSE, C.J., GIBBONS and HARDESTY, JJ.

OPINION

HARDESTY, J.

In this appeal, we consider (1) whether the district court had an obligation to join, sua sponte, Cashman Equipment as a necessary party under NRCP 19(a); and (2) whether a district court has the equitable power to reach a conclusion contrary to the mandatory language of NRS 333.810(1).

We conclude that the district court was required, sua sponte, to join Cashman as a necessary party under NRCP 19(a). Further, we conclude...

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