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8 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 99 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Eighth Judicial District Court ex rel. County of Clark.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Eighth Judicial District Court ex rel. County of Clark Anchor | green | “an arbitrary or capricious exercise of discretion is one founded on prejudice or preference rather than on reason, or contrary to the evidence or established rules of law.” | 24 |
| 2 | Goicoechea v. Fourth Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Elko | green | “will not issue if the court sought to be restrained had jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter under consideration” | 17 |
| 3 | State v. Eighth Judicial District Court ex rel. County of Clark | green | “a manifest abuse of discretion is a clearly erroneous interpretation of the law or a clearly erroneous application of a law or rule.” | 17 |
| 4 | Goicoechea v. Fourth Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Elko | green | “if the court sought to be restrained had jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter under consideration” | 16 |
| 5 | Cote v. Eighth Judicial District Court | green | “while an appeal generally constitutes an adequate and speedy remedy precluding writ relief, we have, nonetheless, exercised our discretion to intervene 'under circumstances of urgency or strong necessity, or when an important issue of law needs clarification and sound judicial e…” | 10 |
| 6 | Goicoechea v. Fourth Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Elko | green | “a writ of prohibition . . . will not issue if the court sought to be restrained had jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter under consideration.” | 7 |
| 7 | Collier v. Legakes | green | “in extreme cases where the appearance of unfairness or impropriety is so great that the public trust and confidence in our criminal justice system could not be maintained without such action.” | 4 |
| 8 | Collier v. Legakes | green | “while mandamus lies to enforce ministerial acts or duties and to require the exercise of discretion, it will not serve to control the proper exercise of that discretion or to substitute the judgment of this court for that of the lower tribunal,” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.