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City of Las Vegas v. Carver

Supreme Court of Nevada
Mar 31, 1976
92 Nev. 198 (Nev. 1976)

Summary

holding that because this court has no jurisdiction for appellate review of a district court judgment entered on appeal from municipal court, an aggrieved party's only remedy would be a timely petition for writ of certiorari

Summary of this case from Caballero v. Dist. Ct.

Opinion

No. 8061

March 31, 1976

Appeal from the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Joseph S. Pavlikowski, J.

Carl E. Lovell, Jr., City Attorney, and John J. Graves, Jr., Deputy City Attorney, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Boyd Freedman, Las Vegas, for Respondent.


OPINION


Aden I. Carver was convicted of a misdemeanor in a Las Vegas Municipal Court. A timely appeal to a District Court resulted in the conviction being reversed and the misdemeanor complaint being dismissed. The City of Las Vegas then caused this appeal to be lodged.

We do not reach the merit, if any, of the appeal. We have no jurisdiction for appellate review of a district court judgment, which has been entered on an appeal from a municipal court. Nev. Const. art. VI, § 6. See The City of Reno v. Dixon, 42 Nev. 67, 172 P. 367 (1918), and cases cited therein. Appellant's remedy, if any, would have been to timely petition for certiorari, under NRS 34.020(3). City of Reno v. District Court, 83 Nev. 201, 427 P.2d 4 (1967). Accordingly, we

ORDER this appeal dismissed.


Summaries of

City of Las Vegas v. Carver

Supreme Court of Nevada
Mar 31, 1976
92 Nev. 198 (Nev. 1976)

holding that because this court has no jurisdiction for appellate review of a district court judgment entered on appeal from municipal court, an aggrieved party's only remedy would be a timely petition for writ of certiorari

Summary of this case from Caballero v. Dist. Ct.

holding that because supreme court lacks appellate jurisdiction to review a district court judgment entered on appeal from municipal court, an aggrieved party's only remedy would be a timely petition for writ of certiorari

Summary of this case from Sellers v. Dist. Ct.

rejecting appeal by city from district court judgment reversing municipal court conviction and holding, “[w]e have no jurisdiction for appellate review of a district court judgment, which has been entered on an appeal from a municipal court”

Summary of this case from Stilwell v. City of N. Las Vegas

rejecting appeal by city from district court judgment reversing municipal court conviction and holding, "[w]e have no jurisdiction for appellate review of a district court judgment, which has been entered on an appeal from a municipal court"

Summary of this case from Stilwell v. City of N. Las Vegas
Case details for

City of Las Vegas v. Carver

Case Details

Full title:CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, APPELLANT, v. ADEN I…

Court:Supreme Court of Nevada

Date published: Mar 31, 1976

Citations

92 Nev. 198 (Nev. 1976)
547 P.2d 688

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