Case Information: 43441
Short Caption:	VILLAGE LEAGUE VS. STATE, TAXATION	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	56030, 63581, 73835, 80092
Lower Court Case(s):	Washoe Co. - Second Judicial District - CV0306922	Classification:	Civil Appeal - General - Other
Disqualifications:	Pickering	Case Status:	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	En Banc
To SP/Judge:	06/18/2004 / Weise, Cathy	SP Status:	Completed
Oral Argument:		Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:	02/27/2006	How Submitted:	On Briefs

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	Village League to Save Incline Assets, Inc.	Dale E. Ferguson (Former) (Woodburn & Wedge) Suellen Fulstone (Former) (Morris Peterson/Reno) Karyn M. Taylor (Former) (Littler Mendelson, P.C./Reno)
Respondent	Bill Berrum
Respondent	Nevada Tax Commission	Dennis L. Belcourt (Attorney General/Carson City) Dianna Hegeduis (Attorney General/Las Vegas) Dena C. James (Attorney General/Carson City)
Respondent	Robert McGowan
Respondent	The State of Nevada Board of Equalization	Dianna Hegeduis (Attorney General/Las Vegas) Gregory L. Zunino (Attorney General/Carson City)
Respondent	The State of Nevada Department of Taxation	Dennis L. Belcourt (Attorney General/Carson City) Dianna Hegeduis (Attorney General/Las Vegas) Dena C. James (Attorney General/Carson City)
Respondent	Washoe County, Nevada	Gregory R. Shannon (Washoe County District Attorney/Civil Division)
Respondent	Washoe County Assessor
Respondent	Washoe County Treasurer

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
06/14/2004	Filing Fee	Received Filing Fee Paid on Filing. $250.00 from Woodburn & Wedge--check no. 071158.
06/14/2004	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Certified Copy of Notice of Appeal/Settlement. Notice re: settlement conference program/suspension of rules mailed to all counsel. (Docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant.)		04-10948
06/18/2004	Settlement Notice	Issued Notice: Assignment to Settlement Program. Settlement Judge: Cathy Valenta Weise. (Briefing and preparation of transcripts suspended pending further order of this court.)
06/24/2004	Motion	Filed Motion. Motion of Appellant to Exempt Appeal from Settlement Program.		04-11600
06/25/2004	Docketing Statement	Filed Docketing Statement.		04-11708
07/06/2004	Notice/Incoming	Filed Joinder. Joinder in Motion of Appellant to Exempt Appeal from Settlement Program.		04-12325
07/08/2004	Other	Disqualification of Justice Shearing.
07/13/2004	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion. Appellant has filed a motion requesting that this appeal be removed from the settlement conference program. Respondents Washoe County; Robert McGowan, Washoe County Assessor; and Bill Berrum, Washoe County Treasurer, have filed a joinder in that motion. Under NRAP 16(a), the settlement judge assigned to an appeal may recommend that the appeal be removed from the program. Thus, any request for removal must be directed to the settlement judge. Accordingly, we deny appellant's motion.		04-12768
08/17/2004	Settlement Program Report	Filed Interim Settlement Program Report. The settlement conference is continued to the following date: October 1, 2004.		04-14879
10/28/2004	Settlement Program Report	Filed Interim Settlement Program Report. The settlement conference is continued to the following date: December 7, 2004.		04-19937
12/09/2004	Settlement Program Report	Filed Interim Settlement Program Report. Settlement Judge recommends that this appeal be removed from the Settlement Conference program.		04-22502
01/18/2005	Settlement Order/Procedural	Order Removing From Settlement Program/Briefing Reinstated. Pursuant to the written request of the settlement judge and good cause appearing, this appeal is removed from the settlement conference program. Accordingly, we reinstate the deadlines for requesting transcripts and filing briefs. Appellant: 15 days to request transcripts in compliance with NRAP 9(a); 120 days to file and serve the opening brief and appendix. Thereafter, briefing shall proceed in accordance with NRAP 31(a)(1).		05-00982
02/02/2005	Transcript Request	Filed Request for Transcript of Proceedings. Transcripts requested: 05/18/04. To Court Reporter: Sunshine Reporting.		05-02103
02/04/2005	Notice/Incoming	Filed Substitution of Attorneys. Christopher G. Nielsen in place and stead of Joshua J. Hicks.		05-02342
03/02/2005	Transcript	Filed Transcript. Proceedings: May 18, 2004. Court Reporter: Cindy Lee Brown.		05-04027
04/28/2005	Motion	Filed Motion and Order Extending Time. Brief due: June 17, 2005.		05-08413
06/03/2005	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice. Notice of Change of Counsel.		05-10955
06/09/2005	Motion	Filed Motion to Extend Time. (Second Request).		05-11386
06/14/2005	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. filed June 9, 2005. Appellant shall have until August 1, 2005, to file and serve the opening brief and appendix. No further extensions of time shall be permitted absent demonstration of extreme and unforeseeable circumstances. Counsel's caseload will not be deemed such a circumstance.		05-11661
07/11/2005	Motion	Filed Motion to Extend Time. (Third Request).		05-13706
07/22/2005	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. filed July 11, 2005. Appellant shall have until September 30, 2005, to file and serve the opening brief and appendix. Thereafter, briefing shall proceed in accordance with NRAP 31(a)(1).		05-14621
10/03/2005	Brief	Filed Opening Brief.		05-19551
10/03/2005	Appendix	Filed Joint Appendix.		05-19552
10/31/2005	Brief	Filed Answering Brief. Respondent Washoe County.		05-21415
11/03/2005	Brief	Filed Answering Brief. Answering Brief of Respondents, State of Nevada, ExRel. Department of Taxation, The Nevada Tax Commission, and the Nevada State Board of Equalization.		05-21741
11/29/2005	Motion	Filed Stipulation and Order. Brief due: January 4, 2006.		05-23460
01/06/2006	Motion	Filed Motion to Extend Time. Application for One Additional Day to File Appellant's Reply Brief (Second Request).		06-00362
01/11/2006	Order/Clerk's	Filed Clerk's Order Granting Motion. The clerk shall file the reply brief received on January 6, 2006.		06-00716
01/11/2006	Brief	Filed Reply Brief.		06-00364
02/06/2006	Notice/Incoming	Filed Substitution of Attorneys. Suellen Fulstone of the law firm of Lettler Mendelson in place and stead of Woodburn & Wedge.		06-02640
02/27/2006	Order/Procedural	Filed Order/Submit on Briefs. Order Submitting for Decision Without Oral Argument. Oral argument will not be scheduled in this appeal, and it shall stand submitted on the record and the briefs filed herein, as of the date of this order.		06-04333
02/27/2006	Case Status Update	Submitted for Decision.
07/26/2007	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. Directing a Response. Response due: 20 days.		07-16384
08/15/2007	Motion	Filed Response to Order to Show Cause. Response to Order Directing Response.		07-18056
08/15/2007	Motion	Filed Response to Order to Show Cause. Response of Village League to Save Incline Assets to July 26, 2007 Order Directing a Response.		07-18059
08/16/2007	Motion	Filed Response to Order to Show Cause. Washoe County Assessor, Washoe County Treasurer and Washoe County's Response to the Supreme Court's "Order Directing a Response" dated July 26, 2007.		07-18131
01/05/2009	Other	Disqualification of Justice Pickering. Law firm of Morris Pickering & Peterson
01/05/2009	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Justice Disqualification. Justice Pickering disqualified. (Law firm of Morris Pickering & Peterson)		09-00110
03/19/2009	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order Affirming in Part, Reversing in Part and Remanding. We reverse the portion of the district court's order dismissing the equalization claim, and we remand this matter for further proceedings on that claim. "ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED IN PART AND REVERSED IN PART." EN BANC-JH/RP/MD/MC/NS/MG fn1[The Honorable Kristina Pickering, Justice, voluntarily recused herself from participation in the decision of this matter.]		09-07028
04/14/2009	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur.		09-07210
04/14/2009	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.
04/23/2009	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by County Clerk on April 15, 2009.		09-07210