StateNinth Circuit
Nevada
6 courts1 law school10 law libraries70+ judges7,727 opinions mention this place
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Federal courts in Nevada
- Nevada District CourtDistrict Court · Las Vegas
- Nevada District CourtDistrict Court · Reno
- Nevada Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Reno
- Nevada Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Las Vegas
State courts in Nevada
- Nevada Supreme CourtState Supreme Court
- Court of Appeals of NevadaState Appellate Court
Landmark decisions involving Nevada
- Roper v. Simmons (2005)543 U.S. 551
- Harris v. United States (2002)536 U.S. 545overruled
- Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga. (2002)535 U.S. 613
- Ring v. Arizona (2002)536 U.S. 584
- Atkins v. Virginia (2002)536 U.S. 304
- United States v. Morrison (2000)529 U.S. 598
- Saenz v. Roe (1999)526 U.S. 489
- City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)521 U.S. 507
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)517 U.S. 44
- Godinez v. Moran (1993)509 U.S. 389
- Will v. Michigan Department of State Police (1989)491 U.S. 58
- Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. (1989)491 U.S. 1overruled
- Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)478 U.S. 186overruled
- Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985)469 U.S. 528
- Nevada v. Hall (1979)440 U.S. 410overruled
- National League of Cities v. Usery (1976)426 U.S. 833overruled
- Runyon v. McCrary (1976)427 U.S. 160
- Bonelli Cattle Co. v. Arizona (1973)414 U.S. 313overruled
- Roe v. Wade (1973)410 U.S. 113overruled
- Furman v. Georgia (1972)408 U.S. 238
- Griffin v. Breckenridge (1971)403 U.S. 88
- Shapiro v. Thompson (1969)394 U.S. 618overruled
- Loving v. Virginia (1967)388 U.S. 1
- United States v. Guest (1966)383 U.S. 745
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Recent opinions from Nevada courts
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 4AJAY (AJAY) v. STATE (CRIMINAL) (2026)
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 13CITY OF RENO v. DIST. CT. (CONRAD) (CIVIL) (2026)
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 2IN RE: N.D., G.D. AND M.D. (FAMILY) (2026)
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 8BURNS (GREGORY) v. DIST. CT. (DOE) (CIVIL) (2026)
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 1DEUTSCHE BANK NAT'L TR. CO. v. COLLEGIUM FUND LLC SER. 16 (2026)
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 11COSBY, JR. v. LESLIE (NRAP 5) (2026)
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 23FRIEDLANDER v. TAMARACK JUNCTION RACE & SPORTS BOOK (CIVIL) (2026)
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 10GOLD STANDARD VENTURES (US) INC. v. THORSON, P.E. (2026)
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 24AM. CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEV. v. CLARK CNTY. SCHOOL DIST. (2026)
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 17STUCKEY v. APEX MATERIALS, LLC (2026)
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 19GILL v. GILL (CHILD CUSTODY) (2026)
- 142 NEVADVOPNO 5WILLIAMS (THOMAS) v. DIST. CT. (STATE) (CRIMINAL) (2026)
Law schools in Nevada
- University of Nevada - William S. Boyd School of LawABA · Las Vegas
Law libraries in Nevada
- Clark County Law Library · Las Vegas
- Library of the U.S. Courts · Reno
- Nevada Legislature Law Library · online
- Nevada Supreme Court Library · Carson City
- Second Judicial District Court Library · Reno
- State of Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau Research Library · Carson City
- United States Courts Library · Las Vegas
- U.S. Courts Library Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse · Las Vegas
- Washoe County Law Library · Reno
- Wiener-Rogers Law Library · Las Vegas
Judges who served in Nevada
Federal judges with an appointment to a court located here.
- Alexander White Baldwin
Andrew Patrick Gordon
Anne Rachel Traum- August B. Landis
Brian Edward Sandoval- Bruce A Markell
Bruce Rutherford Thompson- Bruce T. Beesley
- Cameron McVicar Batjer
- Charles E. Springer
- Charles Lee Horsey
Charles Merton Merrill- Clarence Clifton Young
Cristina Dionne Silva
David Warner Hagen- David Zenoff
- Deborah Agosti
- Edgar Eather
Edgar Winters Hillyer
Edward Cornelius Reed Jr.
Edward Silsby Farrington- E.J.L. Taber
- Elmer Millard Gunderson
Frank Herbert Norcross- Frank McNamee
- George Myron Sabin
Gloria Maria Navarro- Gordon Rufus Thompson
- Gregg W. Zive
Harry E. Claiborne
Howard D. McKibben
James C. Mahan- James W. Hardesty
Jennifer Anna Dorsey- John Code Mowbray
Johnnie B. Rawlinson- John Rolly Ross
- Jon R. Collins
Kent J. Dawson- Kristina Pickering
Larry R. Hicks- Laurel E Davis
- Linda B Riegle
Lloyd D. George- Mark Gibbons
- Michael Cherry
- Michael L. Douglas
- Mike K. Nakagawa
- Miles N. Pike
- Milton Benjamin Badt
Miranda Mai Du- Miriam C. Shearing
- Myron E. Leavitt
- Nancy A. Becker
- Nancy M. Saitta
- Natalie M. Cox
- Noel Edwin Manoukian
Philip Martin Pro
Richard Franklin Boulware II
Robert Clive Jones- Robert E. Rose
Roger D. Foley
Roger L. Hunt- Roger Thomas Foley
- Ron D. Parraguirre
- Thomas L. Steffen
Thomas Porter Hawley
Veronica Sophia Rossman
William Edwin Orr- William Maupin
Find legal help in Nevada
Practice-area guides and local resources for Nevada.
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Cities in Nevada
Ordered by number of opinions mentioning each city.
- Alamo
- Amargosa Valley
- Austin
- Baker
- Battle Mountain
- Beatty
- Blue Diamond
- Boulder City
- Bunkerville
- Cal Nev Ari
- Caliente
- Carlin
- Carson City
- Crescent Valley
- Crystal Bay
- Dayton
- Deeth
- Denio
- Duckwater
- Dyer
- Elko
- Ely
- Empire
- Eureka
- Fallon
- Fernley
- Gabbs
- Gardnerville
- Genoa
- Gerlach
- Glenbrook
- Golconda
- Goldfield
- Halleck
- Hawthorne
- Henderson
- Hiko
- Imlay
- Incline Village
- Indian Springs
- Jackpot
- Jean
- Lamoille
- Las Vegas
- Laughlin
- Logandale
- Lovelock
- Lund
- Manhattan
- Mc Dermitt
- Mc Gill
- Mercury
- Mesquite
- Mina
- Minden
- Moapa
- Montello
- Mountain City
- Nellis Air Force Base
- Nixon
- North Las Vegas
- Orovada
- Overton
- Owyhee
- Pahrump
- Panaca
- Paradise Valley
- Pioche
- Reno
- Round Mountain
- Ruby Valley
- Ruth
- Schurz
- Searchlight
- Silver City
- Silver Springs
- Silverpeak
- Smith
- Sparks
- Spring Creek
- Stateline
- Sun Valley
- The Lakes
- Tonopah
- Tuscarora
- Valmy
- Verdi
- Virginia City
- Wadsworth
- Washoe Valley
- Wellington
- Wells
- West Wendover
- Winnemucca
- Yerington
- Zephyr Cove
Opinions mentioning Nevada
- 525 F2D 995Swallow Ranches, Inc. v. Bidart
- 524 F2D 409Southern California Edison Co. v. Federal Power Commission
- 524 F2D 1154Gendron v. United States
- 523 F2D 929Paul S. Adamian v. Harold J. Jacobsen
- 523 F2D 503Pereira-Barreira v. United States Department of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 521 F2D 876Autar Edward Nauton v. Walter E. Craven, Warden
- 521 F2D 548Meier v. Keller
- 520 F2D 703The Dayton Power and Light Company v. Environmental Protection Agency, Buckeye Power, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency and Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, American Petroleum Institute v. Environmental Protection Agency, Alabama Power Company v. Environmental Protection Agency and Russell E. Train, the Mead Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency, Kennecott Copper Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency, and Russell E. Train, Administrator
- 520 F2D 269Caesars World, Inc. v. Venus Lounge, Inc.
- 520 F2D 221Federal Reserve Bank v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation
- 520 F2D 1140King v. Morton
- 520 F2D 108Ralph M. Hackley v. Richard L. Roudebush, Administrator of Veterans Affairs
- 519 F2D 508Investment Service Co. v. Allied Equities Corp.
- 518 F2D 696United States v. Woods
- 518 F2D 217Crawford v. American Title Insurance
- 516 F2D 910Hill v. Lockhart
- 516 F2D 859Chester M. Belcher and Betty A. Belcher, Husband and Wife v. Nevada Rock & Sand Company, a Nevada Corporation
- 516 F2D 215People of the State of California Ex Rel. Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
- 516 F2D 1DeVoto v. Pacific Fidelity Life Insurance
- 515 F2D 964Kaiser Industries Corporation, a Nevada Corporation v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. Kaiser Industries Corporation, a Nevada Corporation v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
- 515 F2D 173Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hughes
- 515 F2D 1294Palmore v. Superior Court
- 514 F2D 1184United States v. Freeman
- 513 F2D 994Clark v. Watchie
- 513 F2D 44Roto-Rooter Corp. v. O'Neal
- 513 F2D 295Friends of the Earth v. Coleman
- 512 F2D 187Marian F. Reimche v. First National Bank of Nevada, of the Estate of Marcus Daly, Iii, Deceased, and Candace Marie Daly, a Minor
- 511 F2D 514United States v. Swallow
- 510 F2D 52ALW, Inc. v. United Air Lines, Inc.
- 510 F2D 39United States v. Marion H. MacKenzie United States of America v. Engine Service Co., Inc., an Arizona Corporation
- 509 F2D 652Gay Students Organization of the University of New Hampshire v. Thomas N. Bonner, Individually and as President of the University of New Hampshire, Gay Students Organization of the University of New Hampshire v. Meldrim Thomson, Jr.
- 509 F2D 1075National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union 396, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- 508 F2D 313United States v. Cappaert
- 508 F2D 1345American Oil Co. v. McMullin
- 508 F2D 129Provident Mutual Life Insurance v. Ehrlich
- 507 F2D 93Lloyd Charles Powell v. W. T. Stone, Warden
- 507 F2D 693Prince v. Alabama
- 507 F2D 319C. R. Fedrick, Inc. v. Sterling-Salem Corp.
- 506 F2D 934Copper Liquor, Inc. v. Adolph Coors Co.
- 506 F2D 706National Labor Relations Board v. Lerner Stores Corp.
- 506 F2D 361Knapp v. North American Rockwell Corp.
- 506 F2D 1216Santisteven v. Dow Chemical Co.
- 505 F2D 547Ouzts v. Maryland National Insurance
- 505 F2D 246United States v. Haskins
- 504 F2D 156Coalition for the Environment v. John A. Volpe, Coalition for the Environment v. Linclay Development Corporation
- 503 F2D 1193Pipeliners Local Union No. 798 v. Ellerd
- 502 F2D 90People v. United States Department of Interior
- 502 F2D 860Austin C. Palmer and Helen M. Palmer, Husband and Wife v. Gladys S. Wilson
- 501 F2D 1279Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,762 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Alvin Dolnick