Nevada Contractors v. Washoe County’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
September 2007
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of Henderson v. Henderson Auto Wrecking, Inc. · Coronet Homes, Inc. v. McKenzie · City Council of Reno v. Travelers Hotel
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Finally, we note it is not the business of courts to decide zoning issues. Because of the Board’s particular expertise in zoning, courts must defer to and not interfere with the Board’s discretion if this discretion is not abused. Here, the Board acted within its discretionary powers; we cannot intrude on the Board’s legitimate exercise of that power.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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