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Gaines v. State

Citations

  • 998 P.2d 166
  • 1 Nev. 359
  • 116 Nev. Adv. Rep. 39
  • 2000 Nev. LEXIS 37

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  • providing that an equal- protection analysis depends on the level of scrutiny to be applied, and unless the case involves fundamental rights or a suspect class, the government's actions will likely be upheld if there is a rational basis for them
  • “The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment mandates that all persons similarly situated receive like treatment under the law”
  • seeming to equate narrow tailoring with strict necessity

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Judges: Maupin, Shearing, Becker

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