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
- 499 F2D 60Federal Reserve Bank v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation
- 499 F2D 36United States v. Jim Ladesma (Ledesma), United States of America v. Oscar Venicio Quiroz-Santi
- 499 F2D 1239United States v. Cudd
- 498 F2D 821Motschenbacher v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
- 498 F2D 576Harris v. Procunier
- 497 F2D 1178Adolph Cooks Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
- 496 F2D 957Babb v. Schmidt
- 496 F2D 881Schuster v. Bowen
- 496 F2D 1248Powell v. Rogers
- 495 F2D 253United States v. Rosa
- 494 F2D 925American Smelting & Refining Co. v. Federal Power Commission
- 494 F2D 919United States v. Sterling National Bank & Trust Co. of New York
- 494 F2D 778Scranton Construction Co. v. Litton Industries Leasing Corp.
- 494 F2D 394United States v. Klee
- 493 F2D 507Kenneth Donaldson v. J. B. O'connor, M.D. And John Gumanis, M.D.
- 492 F2D 971Sherr v. Sierra Trading Corp.
- 491 F2D 367Marriott Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board, International Assn. Of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations Board, National Labor Relations Board v. Lufthansa German Airlines
- 491 F2D 239United States v. Springer
- 490 F2D 509Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon v. Lewis S. Rosenstiel
- 490 F2D 329Poe v. Turner
- 489 F2D 8Hallmark Industry v. Reynolds Metals Co.
- 489 F2D 661Earl A. Barrows v. Ruth A. Barrows
- 489 F2D 532Ocean Shore Railroad v. United States
- 489 F2D 1181United States v. Wright
- 487 F2D 342United States v. Weeks
- 487 F2D 191Alaska v. Standard Oil Co. of California
- 486 F2D 977National Labor Relations Board v. C & I Air Conditioning, Inc.
- 486 F2D 593Hughes Tool Co. v. Meier
- 486 F2D 191In the Matter of Sierra Trading Corporation, a Nevada Corporation, Debtor-Appellee. Arthur Sherr and Richard Rubin v. L. W. Winkler, Jr., Trustee
- 486 F2D 114Sheila's Shine Products, Inc. v. Sheila Shine, Inc.
- 485 F2D 474Raymond Spector, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant v. Milton E. Mermelstein, Defendant-Appellant-Appellee
- 485 F2D 372DeCecco v. United States
- 485 F2D 22W. C. James, Inc., a Nevada Corporation v. Phillips Petroleum Company, a Delaware Corporation
- 485 F2D 1Friends of the Earth v. Armstrong
- 484 F2D 899Moreno v. Richardson
- 484 F2D 751A. Cherney Disposal Co. v. Chicago & Suburban Refuse Disposal Ass'n
- 484 F2D 1295Dart Industries, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
- 483 F2D 594B & J Manufacturing Co. v. Solar Industries, Inc.
- 483 F2D 432United States v. Cappaert
- 483 F2D 209Pacific Transport Company and Subsidiaries, Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Pacific Atlantic Steamship Company, Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Appellant-Cross-Appellee (Two Cases). States Steamship Company, Etc., Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Appellant-Cross-Appellee (Two Cases). States Steamship Company, Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Portland Stevedoring Company, Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Appellant-Cross-Appellee (Two Cases). Pacific Transport Lines, Inc., Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Appellant-Cross-Appellee California Eastern Lines, Inc., Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Appellant-Cross-Appellee (Two Cases). Pacific Transport Company, and Subsidiaries, Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Appellee-Cross-Appellant
- 483 F2D 136Hart v. Coiner
- 482 F2D 672National Petroleum Refiners Ass'n v. Federal Trade Commission
- 482 F2D 405Julian v. Harris
- 482 F2D 1124The Community Bank, Lake Oswego, Oregon v. Bank of Hallandale and Trust Company, Defendant-Third Party Craig G. Kallen v. Jerome Lurie, Third Party
- 480 F2D 604Andrus v. Convoy Co.
- 480 F2D 1039Nickert v. Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co.
- 479 F2D 195Robert C. Fielding v. John Henry Brebbia and George D. Webster
- 478 F2D 1144S. W. Noggle Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 478 F2D 115Cohen v. Franchard Corp.
- 478 F2D 1121Zephyr Cove Lodge, Inc., a Corporation v. The First National Bank of Nevada, as Administrator With Will Annexed of the Estate of George Whittell, Jr.