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Oral argument recording available in City of Las Vegas v. District Court

An audio recording of this morning's oral argument in City of Las Vegas v. District Court (Meunier) is now available at the Nevada Supreme Court's website. The case presents the issue of whether District Court Judge Adair manifestly abused her discretion in finding NRS 33.018 to be ambiguous, and therefore invalid, as to whether violence between a brother-in-law and sister-in-law constitutes domestic violence. The statute provides in relevant part that domestic violence occurs when a person commits certain specified acts against or upon "any other person to whom he is related by blood or marriage." The State also argued that Judge Adair abused her discretion in failing to address whether the City proved its alternative theory that the brother-in-law and sister-in-law were residing together at the time of the incident...continue to full post

Full post as published by Harmful Error on March 03, 2008 (boomark / email).