Case Information: 62489
Short Caption:	LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. VS. DIST. CT. (JACOBS)	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	58294, 58740, 59265, 62944, 63444, 67576, 68265, 68275, 68309, 69090, 69802
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - A627691	Classification:	Original Proceeding - Civil - Mandamus/Prohibition
Disqualifications:	Parraguirre, Pickering	Case Status:	Notice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:	None for Justice Parraguirre<br/>None for Justice Pickering	Panel Assigned:	En Banc
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:	10/09/2013 at 10:00 AM	Oral Argument Location:	Regional Justice Center
Submission Date:	10/09/2013	How Submitted:	After Oral Argument

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Petitioner	Las Vegas Sands Corporation	Robert J. Cassity (Holland & Hart LLP/Las Vegas) J. Randall Jones (Kemp Jones, LLP) Mark M. Jones (Kemp Jones, LLP) Steve L. Morris (Morris Law Group) J. Stephen Peek (Holland & Hart LLP/Las Vegas) Rosa Solis-Rainey (Morris Law Group)
Petitioner	Sands China Ltd.	Robert J. Cassity (Holland & Hart LLP/Las Vegas) J. Randall Jones (Kemp Jones, LLP) Mark M. Jones (Kemp Jones, LLP) Steve L. Morris (Morris Law Group) J. Stephen Peek (Holland & Hart LLP/Las Vegas) Rosa Solis-Rainey (Morris Law Group)
Real Party in Interest	Steven C. Jacobs	Todd L. Bice (Pisanelli Bice, PLLC) James J. Pisanelli (Pisanelli Bice, PLLC) Debra L. Spinelli (Pisanelli Bice, PLLC)
Respondent	Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez
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
01/24/2013	Filing Fee	E-Payment $250.00 from Steve L. Morris.
01/24/2013	Petition/Writ	Filed Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privileged Documents.		13-02469
01/24/2013	Other	Justice Ron Parraguirre disqualified from participation in this matter. Disqualification Reason: Law Firm-Kemp, Jones & Coulthard.
01/24/2013	Other	Chief Justice Kristina Pickering disqualified from participation in this matter. Disqualification Reason: Law Firm-Morris Law Group.
01/24/2013	Appendix	Filed Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privilege Documents. Volume 1.		13-02470
01/24/2013	Appendix	Filed Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privilege Documents. Volume 2.		13-02471
01/24/2013	Appendix	Filed Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privilege Documents. Volume 3.		13-02472
01/31/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order to Show Cause. Petitioners shall have until noon on Friday, February 1, 2013, to show cause whether emergency treatment of this petition is still required. Real party in interest shall have until 4 p.m. on that same day to file any reply to petitioners' response. Fn1[For the purposes of responding to this order, we suspend application of NRAP 25(a)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv), which provides that a document that is timely filed if, on or before its due date, it is mailed to this court, dispatched for delivery within three calendar days by a third-party commercial carrier, or deposited in the supreme court drop box. All documents submitted in response to this order shall be filed personally, electronically, or by facsimile transmission with the clerk of this court in Carson City. In addition, service of all documents submitted in response to this order shall be personal, electronic, or by fax. Additionally, for the purposes of responding to this order, we suspend application of NRAP 26(b)(1)(B), which provides that the clerk of this court may grant a 5-day extension of time for performing any act except the filing of a notice of appeal made through a telephonic or written request. No extensions of time to respond to this order shall be granted.]		13-03288
01/31/2013	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Change in Date by Which Relief is Requested.		13-03304
02/08/2013	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Order Granting District Court Stay.		13-04161
02/08/2013	Appendix	Filed Supplemental Appendix to Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privileged Documents.		13-04169
02/15/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order/Answer Writ Petition. Answer due: 30 days. Petitioners shall have 15 days from service of the answer to file and serve any reply.		13-04889
03/18/2013	Motion	Filed Stipulation and Order to Extend the Time for Filing Answer to Writ Petition.		13-08028
04/08/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Approving Stipulation for Extension of Time. The clerk of this court shall file the answer, provisionally received in this court on March 20, 2013.		13-10075
04/08/2013	Petition/Writ	Filed Answer to Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus.		13-10076
04/08/2013	Appendix	Filed Real Party in Interest's Supplemental Appendix Volume 1 of 5.		13-10077
04/08/2013	Appendix	Filed Real Party in Interest's Supplemental Appendix Volume 2 of 5.		13-10078
04/08/2013	Appendix	Filed Real Party in Interest's Supplemental Appendix Volume 3 of 5.		13-10079
04/08/2013	Appendix	Filed Real Party in Interest's Supplemental Appendix Volume 4 of 5.		13-10080
04/08/2013	Appendix	Filed Real Party in Interest's Supplemental Appendix Volume 5 of 5.		13-10081
04/24/2013	Petition/Writ	Filed Reply Brief in Support of Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus to Protect Privileged Documents.		13-11977
07/03/2013	Motion	Filed Motion to Consolidate Hearings and /or Dispositions of Pending Writ Petitions in Nevada Supreme Court Cases 62489, 62944 and 63444		13-19592
07/16/2013	Motion	Filed Opposition to Motion to Consolidate Hearings and/or Dispositions of Pending Writ Petitions in Nevada Supreme Court Cases 62489, 62944 and 63444.		13-20812
07/23/2013	Motion	Filed Reply In Support of Motion to Consolidate Hearings and/or Dispositions of Pending Writ Petitions In Nevada Supreme Court Cases 62489, 62944 And 63444.		13-21672
08/08/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion to Consolidate. Petitioners have filed a motion to consolidate these original writ petitions, which real party in interest opposes. The motion to consolidate is therefore denied. Althought the identified cases will not be formally consolidated, the cases will nonetheless be clustered based on any overlapping legal issues to ensure that those issues are resolved in a consistent and efficient manner. Fn1[To the extent that petitioners, in seeking consolidation of these petition, also ask this court for relief with regard to the timing and scope of a pending evidentiary hearing, we conclude that these requests are outside of the scope of the motion for consolidation, and we therefore deny them.] Nos. 62489/62944/63444.		13-23251
08/12/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Directing Clerk to Schedule Oral Argument. The clerk of this court is directed to schedule this matter for oral argument before the en banc court on the next available calendar.		13-23559
08/13/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Amended Order Directing Clerk to Schedule Oral Argument. The clerk of this court is directed to schedule this matter for oral argument before the en banc court on the next available calendar.		13-23750
08/26/2013	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice Scheduling Oral Argument. Oral argument is scheduled Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in Las Vegas. Argument shall be limited to 30 minutes.		13-25084
09/18/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. This case is currently scheduled for oral argument on October 9, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. Although counsel should be prepared to address any of the issues raised in this appeal, counsel should be prepared to specifically address: (1) whether there is specific language in NRS 50.125 that indicates legislative intent to relax NRS 49.020's privilege provisions and (2) whether in Nevada, the adverse party may inspect a privileged document used by a witness to refresh recollection while testifying.		13-27689
09/24/2013	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Oral Argument Reminder Notice		13-28450
10/04/2013	Letter/Incoming	Filed Letter from Larry Ish of KTNV-13 Action News requesting permission for photographic or electronic coverage of oral arguments (via fax). Nos. 58740/62489.		13-29665
10/04/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Media Request. Larry Ish of KTNV-13 Action News is designated as pool coordinator for purposes of organizing and coordinating the orderly coverage of such proceedings by all participants. All equipment necessary to allow for such photographic or electronic coverage of such proceedings shall be placed in the courtroom before 10:00 a.m.		13-29682
10/04/2013	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice (KSNV Channel 3 in Las Vegas would like to Video Record the Oral Argument on 10/09/13 @ 10:00 am).		13-29720
10/04/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. Ms. Joyce Kotnik-Klevins shall coordinate with Larry Ish of KTNV 13 Action News, who was previously designated as pool coordinator for purposes of organizing and coordinating the orderly coverage of such proceedings by all participants. All equipment necessary to allow for such photographic or electronic coverage of such proceedings shall be placed in the courtroom before 10:00 am		13-29748
10/09/2013	Case Status Update	Oral argument held this day. Case submitted for decision. Before the En Banc Court.
11/22/2013	Brief	Filed Supplemental Authority in Response to the Court's Invitation During Oral Argument on October 16, 2013 in Case 62512.		13-35428
02/27/2014	Opinion/Dispositional	Filed Authored Opinion. "Petition granted." Fn1[The Honorable Kristina Pickering and the Honoarable Ron Parrguirre, Justices, voluntarily recused themselves from participation in the decision of this matter.] Before the Court EN BANC. Author: Gibbons, C.J. Majority: Gibbons/Hardesty/Douglas/Cherry/Saitta. 130 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 13.		14-06404
02/27/2014	Writ	Issued Writ with letter. Original and one copy of writ and copy of opinion mailed to Steve L. Morris for service upon Judge Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez.		14-06464
03/05/2014	Writ	Filed Returned Writ. Original Writ returned. Served on JudgeElizabeth Goff Gonzalez on March 3, 2014.		14-07119
03/24/2014	Remittitur	Issued Notice in Lieu of Remittitur.		14-09171
03/24/2014	Case Status Update	Notice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.
09/03/2014	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Letter to Publishers with corrections to recently filed opinions. (Letter dated July 17, 2014) Nos. 58602/59387/63724/64194/56614/58345/62489/62615/57324/59290. (Letter entered in 58602 as document no. 14-29096.)