Nevada Supreme Court· 10/10/1951
Goodman v. Goodman
Citations
- 236 P.2d 305
- 68 Nev. 484
- 1951 Nev. LEXIS 106
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- noting, in examining the exercise of judicial discretion, that a \court cannot act oppressively or arbitrarily under pretence of exercising discretion. Such arbitrary or oppressive action under color of exercising discretion is called abuse of discretion.\ (internal citations omitted)
- when the legislature has spoken with imperfect clarity, it is the function of this Court to discern the law
- when the legislature has spoken with imperfect clarity, it is the function of this Court to discern the law
- “[W]here the legislature has spoken with imperfect clarity or has failed to speak at all, it is still the function of the court not to ‘will’ the law, but to discern it . . . .”
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Judges: Merrill, Badt, Eather
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28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Hotel Last Frontier Corp. v. Frontier Properties, Inc.Nevada Supreme Court· 1963-04-03· cited 63×
- Flamingo Realty, Inc. v. Midwest Development, Inc.Nevada Supreme Court· 1994-08-10· cited 32×
- Buchanan v. BuchananNevada Supreme Court· 1974-06-05· cited 32×
- Elder v. AndersonCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1962-06-29· cited 26×
- Franklin v. Bartsas Realty, Inc.Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-08-21· cited 21×
- Fenkell v. FenkellNevada Supreme Court· 1970-05-21· cited 20×
- Kujich v. LillieMontana Supreme Court· 1953-07-02· cited 20×
- Burton v. BurtonNevada Supreme Court· 1983-09-27· cited 18×
- Schecter v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1968-01-30· cited 15×
- Lee v. BakerNevada Supreme Court· 1961-11-29· cited 14×
- State Ex Rel. Great Northern Railway Co. v. District Court of the Second Judicial DistrictMontana Supreme Court· 1961-09-27· cited 14×
- Mann v. StateNevada Supreme Court· 1980-01-16· cited 11×
- Edwards v. EdwardsNevada Supreme Court· 1966-11-02· cited 10×
- Day v. DayNevada Supreme Court· 1966-09-09· cited 10×
- Matter of Twin Lakes Village, Inc.D. Nevada· 1980-01-22· cited 9×
- Carson-Tahoe Hospital v. Building & Construction Trades Council of Northern NevadaNevada Supreme Court· 2006-03-02· cited 8×
- Schmutzer v. SchmutzerNevada Supreme Court· 1960-03-17· cited 7×
- Harris v. HarrisNevada Supreme Court· 1979-03-15· cited 5×
- Baron v. Ninth Judicial District CourtNevada Supreme Court· 1979-10-12· cited 4×
- Lamb v. LambNevada Supreme Court· 1967-11-13· cited 3×
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