HALVERSON v. HARDCASTLE

No. 49453.

163 P.3d 428 (2007)

The Honorable Elizabeth HALVERSON, Eighth Judicial District Court Judge, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Kathy A. HARDCASTLE, Eighth Judicial District Court Chief Judge, Respondent, and The State of Nevada, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gentile DePalma, Ltd., and Dominic P. Gentile and William H. Gamage, Las Vegas, for Petitioner.

Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General, and Daniel Wong, Chief Solicitor General, Carson City, for Respondent.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

By the Court, MAUPIN, C.J.

This original petition for a writ of quo warranto raises important and novel issues regarding a chief district judge's authority over the actions of another district judge.

Due to reported events in the spring of 2007, the chief judge of the Eighth Judicial District in Clark County appointed a three-judge committee to work with a newly elected district judge in improving her judicial performance. Based on...

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