Las Vegas Sands v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct.

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(JACOBS) Classification: Original Proceeding - Civil - Prohibition Related Case(s): 58294, 58740, 59265, 62489, 62944 Lower Court Case(s): Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - A627691 Case Status: Notice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed Disqualifications: Parraguirre, Pickering Panel Assigned: En Banc Replacement: None for Justice Parraguirre<br/>None for Justice Pickering To SP/Judge: SP Status: Oral Argument: 03/03/2014 at 2:00 PM Oral Argument Location: Regional Justice Center Submission Date: 03/03/2014 How Submitted: After Oral Argument + Party Information Role Party Name Represented By Petitioner Las Vegas Sands Corp. Robert J. Cassity (Holland & Hart LLP/Las Vegas) J. Randall Jones (Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP) Mark M. Jones (Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP) Steve L. Morris (Morris Law Group) J. Stephen Peek (Holland & Hart LLP/Las Vegas) Rosa Solis-Rainey (Morris Law Group) Petitioner Sands China Ltd. Robert J. Cassity (Holland & Hart LLP/Las Vegas) J. Randall Jones (Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP) Mark M. Jones (Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP) Steve L. Morris (Morris Law Group) J. Stephen Peek (Holland & Hart LLP/Las Vegas) Rosa Solis-Rainey (Morris Law Group) Real Party in Interest Steven C. Jacobs Eric T. Aldrian (Pisanelli Bice, PLLC) Todd L. Bice (Pisanelli Bice, PLLC) James J. Pisanelli (Pisanelli Bice, PLLC) Debra L. Spinelli (Pisanelli Bice, PLLC) Respondent Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez Respondent The Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Clark 14-25878: This document is currently unavailable. If you need a copy of this document, please contact Clerk's Office at (775)684-1600. Docket Entries Date Type Description Pending? Document 06/21/2013 Filing Fee E-Payment $250.00 from Steve L. Morris. 06/21/2013 Petition/Writ Filed Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privileged Documents. 13-18373 06/21/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 1 of 24. 13-18381 06/21/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 2 of 24. 13-18385 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 3 of 24. 13-18396 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 4 of 24. 13-18397 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 5 of 24. 13-18405 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 6 of 24. 13-18409 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 7 of 24. 13-18410 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 8 of 24. 13-18413 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 9 of 24. 13-18414 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 10 of 24. 13-18415 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 11 of 24. 13-18416 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 12 of 24. 13-18417 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 13 of 24. 13-18418 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 14 of 24. 13-18429 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 15 of 24. 13-18430 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 16 of 24. 13-18431 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 17 of 24. 13-18435 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 18 of 24. 13-18437 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 19 of 24. 13-18438 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 20 of 24. 13-18440 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 21 of 24. 13-18443 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 22 of 24. 13-18444 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 23 of 24. 13-18445 06/24/2013 Appendix Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 24 of 24. 13-18446 06/24/2013 Other Chief Justice Kristina Pickering disqualified from participation in this matter. Disqualification Reason: Law Firms. 06/24/2013 Other Justice Ron Parraguirre disqualified from participation in this matter. Disqualification Reason: Law Firms. 06/28/2013 Motion Filed Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) to Stay the District Court's June 19, 2013 Order Pending Decision on Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privileged Documents. Relief requested by July 5, 2013. 13-19033 06/28/2013 Order/Procedural Filed Order Directing Answer and Granting Temporary Stay. Real party in interest's answer to writ petition due: 30 days. Petitioners: 15 days to file any reply. We temporarily stay the June 19, 2013, order directing the return of documents to real party in interest entered in Eighth Judicial District Court Case No. A627691, pending further order of this court. 13-19133 07/03/2013 Motion Filed Steven C. Jacobs' Motion to Permit Filing of an Opposition in Excess of Ten Pages in Response to Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) to Stay the District Court's June 19, 2013, Order. 13-19486 07/03/2013 Motion Received Opposition to Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) to Stay District Court's June 19, 2013, Order (via E-Flex). (FILED PER ORDER OF 7/22/13). 07/03/2013 Appendix Filed Real Party in Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Appendix to Opposition to Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) to Stay the District Court's June 19, 2013 Order Volume I of I. 13-19487 07/22/2013 Order/Procedural Filed Order Granting Motion to File Opposition with Excess Pages. The clerk of this court shall file the 25-page opposition, provisionally received in this court on July 3, 2013. Fn1[We defer ruling on the motion for a stay.] 13-21479 07/22/2013 Motion Filed Opposition to Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) to Stay the District Court's June 19, 2013, Order. 13-21480 07/29/2013 Order/Clerk's Filed Order Granting Telephonic Extension. Real party in interest's answer to the emergency petition for writ of prohibition or mandamus due: August 5, 2013. 13-22270 07/29/2013 Motion Filed Petitioners' Motion for Leave to File A Reply In Excess of Five Pages. 13-22309 07/29/2013 Motion Received Reply in Support of Emergency Motion under NRAP 27 (E) to Stay the District Court's June 19, 2013 Order Pending Decision on Petitionfor Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privileged Documents.(FILED PER ORDER OF 8/30/13). 08/06/2013 Petition/Writ Filed Real Party in Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Answer to Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privileged Documents. 13-22994 08/06/2013 Appendix Filed Real Party in Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Appendix to Answer to Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privileged Documents Volume I of II. 13-22995 08/06/2013 Appendix Filed Real Party in Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Appendix to Answer to Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privileged Documents Volume II of II. 13-22996 08/08/2013 Order/Procedural Filed Order Denying Motion to Consolidate. Petitioners have filed a motion to consolidate these original writ petitions, which real party in interest opposes. The motion to consolidate is therefore denied. Althought the identified cases will not be formally consolidated, the cases will nonetheless be clustered based on any overlapping legal issues to ensure that those issues are resolved in a consistent and efficient manner. Fn1[To the extent that petitioners, in seeking consolidation of these petition, also ask this court for relief with regard to the timing and scope of a pending evidentiary hearing, we conclude that these requests are outside of the scope of the motion for consolidation, and we therefore deny them.] Nos. 62489/62944/63444. 13-23253 08/20/2013 Order/Clerk's Filed Order Granting Telephonic Extension. Petitioner shall have until August 28, 2013, to file and serve the reply to the answer to the emergency petition for writ of prohibition or mandamus. 13-24569 08/28/2013 Petition/Writ Filed Reply Brief in Support of Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privileged Documents. 13-25504 08/28/2013 Appendix Filed Supplement to Appendix in Support of Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privileged Documents Volume 1 (PA3193 - 3230). 13-25505 08/30/2013 Order/Procedural Filed Order Granting Motion to File Reply with Excess Pages. Having considered petitioners' motion to file a reply to the opposition to their motion for a stay with excess pages, we grant it. The clerk of this court shall file the ten-page reply and attached exhibits, provisionally received in this court on July 29, 2013. Fn1[We defer ruling on the motion for a stay.] 13-25761 08/30/2013 Motion Filed Reply In Support of Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(E) To Stay The District Court's June 19, 2013 Order Pending Decision On Petition For Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus To Protect Privileged Documents. 13-25762 09/03/2013 Brief Filed Notice of Recent Supplemental Authority. 13-25847 10/01/2013 Order/Procedural Filed Order Granting Stay. We stay the June 19, 2013, order directing the return of documents to real party in interest in Eighth Judicial DIstrict Court Case No. A627691, pending further order of this court. We further deny real party in interest's request for relief from the stay of the proceedings below, as this request is outside the scope of the issue pending before us here. 13-29195 11/14/2013 Motion Filed Request for Oral Argument in Related Cases No. 62944 and 63444. 13-34372 11/27/2013 Motion Filed Response To Request For Oral Argument In Related Cases 63444 and 62944. 13-35985 12/05/2013 Motion Filed Reply in Support of Request for Oral Argument in Related Cases No. 62944 and 63444. 13-36495 01/29/2014 Notice/Outgoing Issued Notice Scheduling Oral Argument. Argument is scheduled for Monday, March 3, 2014, @ 2:00 p.m. in Las Vegas for 30 minutes. 14-03062 02/18/2014 Notice/Outgoing Issued Oral Argument Reminder Notice. 14-05079 03/03/2014 Case Status Update Oral argument held this day. Case submitted for decision. Before the En Banc Court. 05/16/2014 Notice/Incoming Filed Notice of Appearance of Counsel, James J. Pisanelli, Esq., Todd L. Bice, Esq., Debra L. Spinelli, Esq., and Eric T. Aldrian, Esq. of the law firm Pisanelli Bice PLLC, on Behalf of Appellant Steven C. Jacobs. 14-16011 08/07/2014 Opinion/Dispositional Filed Authored Opinion. "Petition granted in part." We therefore grant Sand's writ petition in part and direct the clerk of this court to issue a writ of prohibition ordering the district court to halt the return to JAcobs of the purportedly privileged documents. Fn1[The Honorable Kristina Pickering and the Honorable Ron Parraguirre, Justices, voluntarily recused themselves form participation in the decision of this matter.] Fn18[Sand's alternative request for a writ of mandamus is denied. In light of our resolution of this writ petition, we vacate the stay imposed by our October 1, 2013, order.] Before the Court EN BANC. Author: Gibbons. C.J. Majority: Gibbons/Hardesty/Douglas/Cherry/Saitta. 130 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 69. EN BANC 14-25878 08/07/2014 Writ Issued Writ with letter. Original and one copy of writ and copy of opinion mailed to Steve L. Morris for service upon Judge Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez. 14-25913 08/13/2014 Writ Filed Returned Writ. Original Writ returned. Served on Judge Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez on August 11, 2014. 14-26634 09/02/2014 Remittitur Issued Notice in Lieu of Remittitur. 14-28856 09/02/2014 Case Status Update Notice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.