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
- 398 F2D 929United States v. H. M. Branson Distributing Co.
- 398 F2D 879Goodman v. United States
- 398 F2D 791No 21435
- 398 F2D 7Bowser, Inc. v. Filters, Inc.
- 398 F2D 614Wyndham Associates v. Bintliff
- 397 F2D 935United States ex rel. Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. v. Ets-Hokin Corp.
- 397 F2D 810Malcolm L. Pines v. Samuel Zemurray
- 397 F2D 72Clinton B. Howard v. United States of America, Domenic N. Mastrippolito v. United States
- 397 F2D 594Newark Stereotypers' Union No. 18 v. Newark Morning Ledger Co.
- 397 F2D 196Talanoa v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 396 F2D 438Elliott v. Alpac Corp.
- 396 F2D 161Continental Baking Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Utah Pie Company, a Utah Corporation, Carnation Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Utah Pie Company, a Utah Corporation, Pet Milk Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Utah Pie Company, a Utah Corporation
- 395 F2D 197Steimer v. Gardner
- 394 F2D 169Lester E. Morford, III v. Carl Hocker, Warden, Nevada State Penitentiary
- 392 F2D 661Paxton Trucking Company, a Corporation, and William Earl Bailey v. The Cudahy Packing Company
- 392 F2D 546Brown v. Town of Caliente
- 392 F2D 387Caribbean Mills, Inc. v. Kramer
- 391 F2D 965Saylor v. Lindsley
- 391 F2D 713Sterling Aluminum Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 389 F2D 38Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Brunsing
- 388 F2D 766Clanebach, Inc. v. Las Vegas Local Joint Executive Board of Culinary Workers & Bartenders
- 388 F2D 675United States of America Ex Rel. Joseph Miles Walker v. C. W. Young, Sheriff of Washoe County, State of Nevada
- 388 F2D 257W. S. Ranch Company, a New Mexico Corporation v. Kaiser Steel Corporation, a Nevada Corporation
- 387 F2D 330Chick v. Wingo
- 387 F2D 248Pepper v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co.
- 386 F2D 760Pritchard v. United States
- 385 F2D 308Overseas Media Corp. v. McNamara
- 385 F2D 230Banco Espanol de Credito v. State Street Bank & Trust Co.
- 385 F2D 188Ely Valley Mines, Inc. v. Lawrence Rust Lee, Ely Valley Mines, Inc., and Pioche Mines Consolidated, Inc. v. Helen Dolman, Ely Valley Mines, Inc. v. Helen Dolman
- 383 F2D 667Las Vegas Local Joint Executive Board of Culinary Workers & Bartenders v. Las Vegas Hacienda, Inc.
- 382 F2D 499Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Irving Gordon and Margaret Gordon, Irving Gordon and Margaret Gordon v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- 381 F2D 323Clarence A. Elquist and Dallan Elquist v. Warren Rasmussen, William Thomas and David P. Thomas
- 380 F2D 97Richard L. Chartrand v. Barnery's Club, Inc., a Nevada Corporation
- 380 F2D 474United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices of Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry of United States & Canada v. Foley
- 380 F2D 465Edward R. Tarantino v. Sgt. J. Eggers and Officer J. Mourning
- 379 F2D 409Wright v. Pilot Life Insurance
- 379 F2D 183Jacques Arley and Charlotte Arley, Husband and Wife v. United Pacific Insurance Company, a Washington Corporation
- 377 F2D 555Thomas William Bonnie v. Clarence T. Gladden
- 376 F2D 890Home Indemnity Co. v. United States
- 374 F2D 147National Labor Relations Board. v. Challenge-Cook Bros. of Ohio, Inc.
- 373 F2D 661General Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers, Local Union No. 782, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America v. National Labor Relations Board, National Labor Relations Board v. Blue Cab Company and Village Cab Company, General Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers, Local Union No. 782, International Brotherhood Ofteamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Intervenor. Blue Cab Company and Village Cab Company v. National Labor Relations Board
- 370 F2D 334National Insurance Underwriters-National Associated Underwriting Co. v. United States
- 369 F2D 306Tenneco Oil Co. v. Gaffney
- 368 F2D 475American Surety Co. v. United States ex rel. B & B Drilling Co.
- 367 F2D 953National Labor Relations Board v. Millmen & Cabinet Makers Union, Local No. 550
- 367 F2D 182Veigh Cummings v. Larry R. Bullock
- 366 F2D 773Schmitt v. United States
- 365 F2D 858Baron Tube Company, the Partnership of Hyman Baron and Jay Baron and Hyman Baron, Individually v. The Transport Insurance Company
- 362 F2D 889The Dredge Corporation v. J. Russell Penny, State Supervisor, Bureau of Land Management
- 362 F2D 425National Labor Relations Board v. Harrah's Club