Wise v. Bechtel Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a statute of repose providing immunity after six-year period for architects and contractors, while denying such immunity to owners and material suppliers, was unconstitutional as violative of equal protection because no rational basis supported treating the classes differently
• holding that a statute of repose providing immunity after six-year period for architects and contractors, while denying such immunity to owners and material suppliers, was unconstitutional as violative of equal protection because no rational basis supported treating the classes differently
• concluding that a revised version of the statute of repose that applied to contractors, design professionals, and owners, but continued to exclude material suppliers did \not violate the equal protection clause of the Nevada Constitution\ because there was a rational basis for the distinction
• applying rational basis scrutiny to an equal protection challenge to an earlier version of the statute of repose, noting that it does not involve a fundamental right or concern a suspect class
• \[T]he standard for testing . . . legislation under the equal protection clause of the state constitution is the same as the federal standard.\
• manufacturers and material 4 suppliers not protected by statute of repose

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