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Case Information: 68309
Short Caption:LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. VS. DIST. CT. (JACOBS) C/W 68265/68275Court:Supreme Court
Consolidated:68265*, 68275, 68309Related Case(s):58294, 58740, 59265, 62489, 62944, 63444, 67576, 68265, 68275, 69090, 69802
Lower Court Case(s):Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - A627691Classification:Original Proceeding - Civil - Mandamus/Prohibition
Disqualifications:Parraguirre, PickeringCase Status:Notice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:District Judge Wilson for Justice Parraguirre<br/>District Judge Dobrescu for Justice PickeringPanel Assigned: En Banc
To SP/Judge:SP Status:
Oral Argument:Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:09/01/2015How Submitted:After Oral Argument

+ Party Information

Docket Entries
DateTypeDescriptionPending?Document
06/26/2015Filing FeeFiling fee paid. E-Payment $250.00 from Steve L. Morris.
06/26/2015Petition/WritFiled Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus re Trial-Setting Order15-19640
06/26/2015OtherJustice Ron Parraguirre disqualified from participation in this matter. Disqualification Reason: Law Firms - Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP.
06/26/2015OtherJustice Kristina Pickering disqualified from participation in this matter. Disqualification Reason: Law Firms - Morris Law Group.
06/26/2015AppendixFiled Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 1.15-19647
06/26/2015AppendixFiled Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volume 2.15-19648
06/29/2015MotionFiled Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) to Stay All Proceedings in the District Court Pending Decision on Defendants' Previous and Pending Petitions for Writ of Prohibtion or Mandamus and This Writ Petition.15-19756
06/30/2015MotionFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Opposition To Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) To Stay All Proceedings In The District Court Pending Decision On Defendants' Previous And Pending Petitions.15-19934
07/01/2015MotionFiled Reply in Support of Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) to Stay All Proceedings in the District Court Pending Decision on Defendants' Previous and Pending Petitions for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus.15-20023
07/01/2015Order/ProceduralFiled Order. We consolidate these matters in this court. Docket No. 68309: Having considered petitioners' motion, as well as the real party in interest's opposition and petitioners' reply, we grant the motion to the following extent: The trial date is stayed and vacated, as are the portions of the district court's order that pertain to pretrial motions. With the exception of the stay entered in Docket No. 68275 on June 23, 2015, of the deposition of David Turnbull, discovery is otherwise not stayed and may continue as to all parties. Docket No. 68309. Real Party in Interest's Answer due: 20 days. Petitioners may file a reply within 11 days of the answer being served. fn1[Petitioners may file a reply in support of the petition in docket No. 68265 within 11 days from the date of this order.] Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-20158
07/06/2015MotionFiled Emergency Motion to Clarify July 01, 2015 Order Immediate Relief Needed to Prevent Prejudice to Sands China Ltd. and to Facilitate Pretrial Proceedings in District Court. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-20341
07/06/2015MotionFiled Real Party in Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Opposition to Emergency Motion to Clarify July 01, 2015 Order Immediate Relief Needed to Prevent Prejudice to Sands China Ltd. and to Facilitate Pretrial Proce. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-20442
07/07/2015Order/ProceduralFiled Order Scheduling Oral Argument. Oral Argument is hereby scheduled before the en banc court on September 1, 2015, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., in Carson City. The argument shall be limited to 60 minutes. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-20565
07/07/2015MotionFiled Reply in Support of Emergency Motion to Clarify July 01, 2015 Order. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-20574
07/08/2015Order/ProceduralFiled Order. Petitioner Sands China Ltd. has now filed a motion to clarify our July 1, 2015, order. We deny the motion. fn2[We clarify that petitioners may file a reply within 11 days of the answer being served.] Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-20757
07/22/2015MotionFiled Motion for Extension of Time to File Answer to Writ Petition. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22151
07/22/2015MotionFiled Motion To File Volumes 10 and 11 Of Supplemental Appendix Under Seal. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22153
07/22/2015Petition/WritFiled Answer To Petition For Writ Of Prohibition Or Mandamus Re Trial Setting Order (68309). Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22160
07/23/2015Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motions. The clerk shall file the "Answer to Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus Re May 28, 2015 Order" and volumes 1 through 9 of supplemental appendix received on July 22, 2015. Jacobs shall file volumes 10 and 11 of his supplemental appendix immediately; upon receipt, the clerk shall file these volumes under seal. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22384
07/23/2015Petition/WritFiled Answer to Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus Re May 28, 2015 Order (docket no. 68265). Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22386
07/23/2015AppendixFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix, Volume I of XI. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22388
07/23/2015AppendixFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix, Volume II of XI. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22389
07/23/2015AppendixFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix Volume III Of XI. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22390
07/23/2015AppendixFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix Volume IV Of XI. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22391
07/23/2015AppendixFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix Volume V Of XI. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22392
07/23/2015AppendixFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix Volume VI Of XI. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22393
07/23/2015AppendixFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix Volume VII Of XI (Part a). Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22394
07/23/2015AppendixFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix Volume VII Of XI (Part b).15-22402
07/23/2015AppendixFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix Volume VIII Of XI. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22403
07/23/2015AppendixFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix Volume IX Of XI. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-22405
07/24/2015AppendixFiled Real Party in Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix Volume X (SEALED). Nos. 68265/68275/68309.
07/24/2015AppendixFiled Real Party in Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Supplemental Appendix Volume XI (SEALED). Nos. 68265/68275/68309.
07/30/2015Notice/OutgoingIssued Notice Scheduling Oral Argument. Argument is scheduled for Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. for 60 minutes in Carson City. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-23083
08/04/2015Petition/WritFiled Reply Brief in Support of Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus (docket no. 68265).15-23446
08/04/2015Petition/WritFiled Reply In Support of Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus re Trial-Setting Order (docket no. 68309).15-23451
08/05/2015Petition/WritFiled Corrected Reply Brief in Support of Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus (docket no. 68265).15-23666
08/05/2015Notice/IncomingFiled Notice of Submission of Corrected Brief (docket no. 68265).15-23667
08/11/2015MotionFiled Motion to Associate Counsel, Alan Morton Dershowitz to Practice in Nevada Pursuant to Nevada Supreme Court Rule 42. Nos. 68265/68275/6830915-24122
08/18/2015Notice/OutgoingIssued Oral Argument Reminder Notice.15-24948
08/19/2015Order/IncomingFiled Executive Order. Judge James E. Wilson, Jr., appointed to sit in the place of Justice Ron Parraguirre. Nos. 68265/68275/6830915-25115
08/19/2015Order/IncomingFiled Executive Order. Judge Jerry Polaha appointed to sit in the place of Justice Kristina Pickering. Nos. 68265/68275/6830915-25118
08/19/2015MotionFiled Motion to Supplement Record With Newly-Produced Evidence. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-25165
08/26/2015MotionFiled Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Supplement Record With Newly Produced Evidence. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-25850
08/26/2015MotionFiled Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) To Expedite Ruling on Motion to Associate Counsel Alan Dershowitz -- Immediate Relief Needed. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-25948
08/27/2015Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion to Associate Counsel and Denying Motion to Supplement Record. Attorney Alan Morton Dershowitz shall be allowed to appear in this matter on behalf of petitioners. Nevada attorney Steve Morris of Morris Law Group shall be responsible for all matters presented by Mr. Dershowitz in this matter. Real party in interest, Steven C. Jacobs has filed a motion to supplement the record in this matter with newly discovered evidence. We deny the motion. fn1[Petitioners' "Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e)" filed on August 26, 2015, is denied as moot.] Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-25986
08/27/2015Order/IncomingFiled Executive Order. Judge Dobrescu appointed to sit in the place of Judge Polaha for Justice Pickering. Nos. 68265/68275/6830915-26094
08/27/2015MotionFiled Petitioner's Motion to Supplement Record in Support of Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus re May 28, 2015 Order. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-26107
08/31/2015MotionFiled Real Party In Interest Steven C. Jacobs' Response To Motion To Supplement Record. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-26323
09/01/2015Case Status UpdateOral argument held this day. Case submitted for decision before the En Banc Court.
09/02/2015Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Consistent with the announcement made at the opening of the oral argument of these matters on September 1, 2015, petitioner's motion to supplement the record in Docket No. 68265 is granted. The court will consider the arguments in the motion filed August 27, 2015, in resolving these matters. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-26612
11/04/2015Order/DispositionalFiled Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Petition for Writ Relief (Docket No. 68265), Granting Petition for Writ Relief (Docket No. 68275), and Denying Petition for Writ Relief (Docket No. 68309). "Docket No. 68265: We direct the clerk of this court to issue a writ of prohibition instructing the district court to vacate from its May 28, 2015, order the determinations that Sands China is subject to personal jurisdiction under general and transient jurisdiction theories, and further instructing the district court to prohibit Steven Jacobs from introducing evidence at trial that pertains solely to those theories. We direct the clerk of this court to issue a writ of prohibition instructing the district court to vacate from its March 16, 2015, order the sanction that was made payable to the Sedona Conference and to reallocate the total $250,000 sanction in compliance with RPC 6.1(e). Docket No. 68275: We direct the clerk of this court to issue a writ of prohibition instructing the district court to vacate its June 19, 2015, order in which it directed Sands China's Independent Director to appear for a deposition in Hawaii. Docket No. 68309: The writ petition in Docket No. 68309 is denied." fn1[The Honorable James E. Wilson, Jr., District Judge in the First Judicial District Court, and the Honorable Steve L. Dobrescu, District Judge in the Seventh Judicial District Court, were designated by the Governor to sit in place of the Honorable Ron Parraguirre, Justice, and the Honorable Kristina Pickering, Justice, who voluntarily recused themselves from participation in the decision of this matter.] Cherry, J., and Gibbons, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part. EN BANC Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-33601
11/04/2015WritFiled Writ with letter. Original and one copy of writ and copy of mailed to Steve L. Morris for service upon Judge Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez.15-33673
11/10/2015WritFiled Returned Writ. Original Writ returned. Served on Judge Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez on November 6, 2015. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-34233
11/17/2015Post-Judgment PetitionFiled Appellant Steven Jacobs' Petition For Rehearing En Banc (docket no. 68275). Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-35029
11/17/2015Filing FeeFiling fee paid. E-Payment $150.00 from Todd L. Bice
11/24/2015Post-Judgment PetitionFiled Sands China Ltd.'s Petition for Rehearing of En Banc Order, November 4, 2015 Regarding Jurisdiction in Case No. 68265. Nos. 68265/68275/6830915-35951
11/24/2015Filing FeeFiling fee paid. E-Payment $150.00 from Steve L. Morris
12/23/2015Order/ProceduralFiled Order Directing Answers. Steven Jacobs has petitioned this court for rehearing of this court's November 4, 2015, order in Docket No. 68275. Having reviewed the petition, it appears that an answer will assist the court in resolving the issues presented. Accordingly, Sands China's Answer due: 15 days. Sands China has also petitioned this court for rehearing of this court's November 4, 2015, order in Docket No. 68265. Having reviewed the petition, it appears that an answer will assist the court in resolving this matter. Jacobs Answer due: 15 days. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.15-39524
01/07/2016Order/Clerk'sFiled Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. Petitioner's Answer to Petition for Rehearing due: January 21, 2016. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.16-00434
01/08/2016Post-Judgment PetitionFiled Jacobs Answer To Petition For Rehearing Of En Banc Order. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.16-00592
01/22/2016Post-Judgment PetitionFiled Sands China's Answer to Jacobs's Petition for Rehearing En Banc. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.16-02246
02/24/2016Post-Judgment OrderFiled Order Granting Petition for Rehearing and Clarifying Prior Order (Docket No. 68275), and Denying Petition for Rehearing (Docket No. 68265). Nos. 68265/68275/68309.16-05908
03/21/2016RemittiturIssued Notice in Lieu of Remittitur. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.16-08797
03/21/2016Case Status UpdateNotice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed. Nos. 68265/68275/68309.
08/16/2016Notice/IncomingFiled District Court Amended Order filed August 11, 2016; and the Notice of Payment filed on August 10, 2016 (In Compliance with Supreme Courts Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Petition for Writ).16-25455
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