Case Information: 75073
Short Caption:	THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL VS. DIST. CT. (HARTFIELD)	Court:	Supreme Court
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - A768781	Classification:	Original Proceeding - Civil - Mandamus/Prohibition
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Notice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	En Banc
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:		Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:		How Submitted:

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Amicus Curiae	Nevada Press Association	Marc J. Randazza (Randazza Legal Group, PLLC)
Amicus Curiae	The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press	Marc J. Randazza (Randazza Legal Group, PLLC)
Petitioner	Associated Press	Margaret A. McLetchie (McLetchie Law) Alina M. Shell (McLetchie Law)
Petitioner	Las Vegas Review-Journal	Margaret A. McLetchie (McLetchie Law) Alina M. Shell (McLetchie Law)
Real Party in Interest	Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner	Laura C. Rehfeldt (Clark County District Attorney/Civil Division)
Real Party in Interest	Estate of Charleston Hartfield	David J. Roger Anthony P. Sgro (Sgro & Roger)
Real Party in Interest	Veronica Hartfield	David J. Roger Anthony P. Sgro (Sgro & Roger)
Respondent	Richard Scotti
Respondent	The Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Clark

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
02/12/2018	Filing Fee	Filing fee paid. E-Payment $250.00 from Margaret A. McLetchie.
02/12/2018	Petition/Writ	Filed Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or in the Alternative Mandamus Pursuant to NRAP 21 and 27(e) Immediate Action Required.		18-05621
02/12/2018	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 1.		18-05623
02/12/2018	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 2.		18-05624
02/12/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Directing Entry of Written Order and Expedited Answer. Respondent district court shall have until 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, to enter a written order reflecting the challenged ruling; petitioners shall that same day supplement their appendix in this court with a copy of the order. Real parties in interest, on behalf of respondents, shall have until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, to file and serve an answer against issuance of the requested writ. No extensions of time will be granted. fn2[All documents shall be filed personally or by facsimile or electronic transmission with the clerk of this court in Carson City.]		18-05752
02/13/2018	Appendix	Filed Petitioners' Supplemental Appendix [Volume III] to Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or in the Alternative Mandamus Pursuant to NRAP 27(e)		18-06005
02/14/2018	Petition/Writ	Filed Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner's Answer Against Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or in the Alternative Mandamus.		18-06138
02/14/2018	Petition/Writ	Filed Real Parties in Interest Veronica Hartfield and the Estate of Charleston Hartfield's Answer to Petition for Writ of Prohibition or in the Alternative Mandamus Pursuant to NRAP 21 and 27(e).		18-06145
02/14/2018	Notice/Incoming	Filed Real Parties in Interest Veronica Hartfield and the Estate of Charleston Hartfield's 26.1 Disclosure Statement.		18-06172
02/15/2018	Motion	Filed Motion of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Nevada Press Association for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Petitioners.		18-06200
02/15/2018	Appendix	Filed Petitioners' Second Supplemental Appendix [Volume IV] to Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or in the Alternative Mandamus Pursuant to NRAP 27(e).		18-06202
02/15/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief. The clerk of this court is directed to file the amicus brief received on February 15, 2018. Real parties in interest have until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 16, 2018, within which to file a response to the amicus brief.		18-06305
02/15/2018	Brief	Filed Brief of Amici Curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and The Nevada Press Association.		18-06306
02/16/2018	Notice/Incoming	Filed Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner's Response to Brief of Amici Curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Nevada Press Association.		18-06507
02/16/2018	Notice/Incoming	Filed Response to Brief of Amici Curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Nevada Press Association -and- Motion to Strike Second Supplemental Appendix [Volume IV].		18-06549
02/21/2018	Notice/Incoming	Filed Petitioners' Response in Opposition to Real Parties In Interest's Motion to Strike Second Supplemental Appendix [Volume IV].		18-06755
02/27/2018	Opinion/Dispositional	Filed Authored Opinion. "Petition granted." Direct the clerk of this court to issue a writ of mandamus instructing the district court to vacate its preliminary injunction order. Fn1[We deny the Hartfield Parties' February 16, 2018, motion to strike the Review-Journal's second supplemental appendix, which contains the Huffington Post article.] Before: Pickering/gibbons/Hardesty. Author: Pickering, J. Majority: Pickering.Gibbons/Hardesty. 134 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 7. NNP18-KP/MG/JH		18-07722
02/27/2018	Writ	Issued Writ with letter. Original and two copies of writ and two copies of the opinion mailed to Attorney Margaret McLetchie for service upon Judge Richard Scotti.		18-07777
03/05/2018	Post-Judgment Petition	Filed Respondent's (Hartfield) Petition for Rehearing.		18-08636
03/05/2018	Filing Fee	Filing fee paid on Rehearing. E-Payment $150.00 from Anthony P. Sgro.
03/06/2018	Post-Judgment Order	Filed Order Denying Rehearing. "Rehearing Denied." NRAP 40(c).		18-08817
03/06/2018	Writ	Filed Returned Writ. Original Writ returned. Served on Judge Richard Scotti on March 2, 2018.		18-08821
03/09/2018	Post-Judgment Petition	Filed Respondent's (Hartfield) Petition for En Banc Reconsideration		18-09439
03/09/2018	Filing Fee	Rehearing Filing fee waived
03/21/2018	Post-Judgment Order	Filed Order Denying En Banc Reconsideration. Having considered the petition on file herein, we have concluded that en banc reconsideration is not warranted. NRAP 40A. Accordingly, we "ORDER the petition DENIED." EN BANC		18-10987
04/10/2018	Motion	Filed Real Parties in Interest Estate of Charleston Hartfield and Veronica Hartfield's Motion to Stay Remittitur.		18-13753
04/13/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion to Stay Remittitur.		18-14243
04/16/2018	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur. (Inadvertently issued a remittitur, should have been a NIL. Issuing a corrected NIL on 4/25/18.)
04/16/2018	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.
04/25/2018	Remittitur	Issued Notice in Lieu/Rehearing. (The remittitur issued on 4/16/18 was a clerical error, a Notice if Lieu of Remittitur should have been issued.)		18-15724
06/18/2018	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice from US Supreme Court/Certiorari Filed. A petition for a writ of certiorari was filed June 7, 2018 and placed on the docket as Case No. 17-1661.		18-23209
10/04/2018	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice from US Supreme Court/Certiorari Denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.		18-39051