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Noteworthy Federal and State

Court Cases

Pilkington v. Kosach
A vexatious litigant is a person who files multiple lawsuits without legitimate grounds, with the intention of harassing or quieting another person. These lawsuits are often frivolous, burdensome, and unwarranted, and are considered an abuse of the legal system. Courts may strike out such actions and may order that no further legal proceedings be initiated by the vexatious litigant without court permission. Anthony L. Barney, Ltd. was successful in designating two opposing litigants to their clients as vexatious litigants. At that time in 2024, there were only 133 individuals listed as vexatious litigants in Nevada despite more than 1 million cases filed each year in Nevada.
552 P.3d 710 (Nev. 2024)
September v. Williams
This case determined whether an incompetent elderly woman was entitled to notice through an independent representative rather that the trustee of her trust in light of the fact that her trustee/agent was involved in adverse claims against her property interests. Anthony L. Barney, Ltd. sought to support the fact that the incompetent elderly woman was entitled to her constitutional right to receive proper notice through a non-adverse party before her property could be taken from her, and agreed to file an appeal despite not being her original trial counsel. Despite the adverse actions taken by the trustee against the incompetent elderly woman, the Court of Appeals for Nevada ruled that adequate notice was properly provided to her through the trustee who was also her agent under a power of attorney. Notably, this case was concurrently being addressed on various legal points in the Georgia state courts, which declared on June 25, 2025 that the incapacitated elderly woman’s constitutional rights had, in fact, been violated by the actions taken against her in Nevada and that that her assets were in immediate risk of being confiscated by the Nevada trustee.
(In re Rodriguez Living Trust Dated February 9, 2001)
2025 Nev. App. Unpub. LEXIS 264; 2025 LX 54309
Christian-Payne v.
Anthony L. Barney, Ltd.
Individual settlors should have a right to dispose of their hard-earned property in accordance with their own wishes, irrespective of rights that the Nevada Legislature may grant to the beneficiary of a trust. Anthony L. Barney, Ltd. was successful in arguing that a trust provision created by a settlor was controlling even when a Nevada statue permitted otherwise.
Supreme Court of Nevada | 476 P.3d 861 (Nev. 2020)
Holt v. Green
The abstention doctrine is an authority that precludes federal courts from hearing cases within its jurisdictions, instead, giving state courts authority resolve disputes. Core proceedings refer to bankruptcy-related matters that are central to the bankruptcy case. Federal courts generally retain jurisdiction over core proceedings, even when abstention principles apply to other types of cases. This bankruptcy appeal clarified what claims are considered “core proceedings” for application of the abstention doctrine.
United States District Court | 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31643
Roland v. Hickman
The prior exclusive jurisdiction doctrine is a legal principle rooted in mutual respect between courts. It states that a court will not assume in rem or quasi in rem jurisdiction over property that is already under the jurisdiction of another court with concurrent authority. Anthony L. Barney, Ltd. was successful in demonstrating that the Internal Revenue Service could not assume jurisdiction over marital funds already under the jurisdiction of the Nevada state court.
United States District Court | 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40422
In re Lenk Family Trust
Under Nevada law various rulings in probate and trust matters are immediately appealable without certification by a district court judge. Anthony L. Barney, Ltd. was successful in dismissing an appeal on three different district court orders that were being appealed.
Supreme Court of Nevada | 519 P.3d 501 (Nev. 2022)

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