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DETWILER v. EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. 81220.

486 P.3d 710 (2021)

137 Nev. Adv. Opn. 18

Edward N. DETWILER, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Richard Scotti, District Judge, Respondents, and Baker Boyer National Bank, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Filed May 6, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hutchison & Steffen, LLC, and Brenoch R. Wirthlin , Mark A. Hutchison , and Michael K. Wall , Las Vegas, for Petitioner.

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP and John E. Bragonje , Daniel F. Polsenberg , and Abraham G. Smith , Las Vegas, for Real Party in Interest.

BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, PARRAGUIRRE, STIGLICH, and SILVER, JJ.

OPINION

In this opinion, we examine the appropriate scope of compensatory fines and attorney fees imposed as sanctions in contempt proceedings. We conclude that monetary sanctions payable to the opponent are civil—not criminal—in nature because they serve a remedial purpose. However, these...

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