ATTORNEY GENERAL v. NEVADA TAX COMM'N

No. 48292.

181 P.3d 675 (2008)

George J. CHANOS, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Appellant, v. NEVADA TAX COMMISSION, an Agency of the State of Nevada; and Southern California Edison, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General, and Keith D. Marcher and Neil A. Rombardo, Senior Deputy Attorneys General, Carson City, for Appellant.

Norman J. Azevedo, Carson City, for Respondent Southern California Edison.

McDonald Carano Wilson LLP and Thomas R.C. Wilson II, Ryan L. Bellows, and James C. Giudici, Reno, for Respondent Nevada Tax Commission.

Burton Bartlett & Glogovac and Laura A. Clark, Scott A. Glogovac, and Tiffany A. Rose, Reno, for Amicus Curiae Nevada Press Association.

Snell & Wilmer, LLP, and Samuel P. McMullen and Shane J. Young, Las Vegas, for Amici Curiae Nevada Taxpayers Association, the Greater Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, the Retail Association of Nevada, the Nevada Manufacturers Association, the Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Association, and the Nevada Motor Transport Association.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

By the Court, HARDESTY, J.:

Nevada's Open Meeting Law, NRS 241.020, provides that all meetings of public bodies must be open to the public unless a statutory exception clearly and unambiguously exempts a particular proceeding. Respondents claim that the version of NRS 360.247 in effect at the time of the events in issue1 created a complete exception to the Open Meeting...

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