Case Name: BARBARA KNAPP, HERSCHELL KNAPP, BEECHER KNAPP and JERRY HURLBERT, Appellants, v. F. LEMIEUX, WILLIAM L. CLOUD, C. E. BIRMINGHAM, Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1981-10-13
Citations: 97 Nev. 450
Docket Number: No. 13164
Parties: BARBARA KNAPP, HERSCHELL KNAPP, BEECHER KNAPP and JERRY HURLBERT, Appellants, v. F. LEMIEUX, WILLIAM L. CLOUD, C. E. BIRMINGHAM, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 450–451

Head Matter:
BARBARA KNAPP, HERSCHELL KNAPP, BEECHER KNAPP and JERRY HURLBERT, Appellants, v. F. LEMIEUX, WILLIAM L. CLOUD, C. E. BIRMINGHAM, Respondents.
No. 13164
October 13, 1981
634 P.2d 454
Robert M. Apple, Las Vegas, for Appellants.
A. D. Demetras, Goldfield, for Respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION
Per Curiam:
This is an appeal from a default judgment and from orders denying appellants' request to vacate the judgment. Appellants filed a timely opening brief, but respondents have not filed an answering brief. NRAP 31(a). On June 9, 1981, we ordered respondents to show cause why their failure to file a brief should not be treated as a confession of error. In response to our order, counsel for respondents filed an affidavit which neither sets forth sufficient reasons for the failure to file an answering brief, nor demonstrates good cause why that failure should not be treated as a confession of error.
Having reviewed appellants' brief, the record on appeal, and counsel's affidavit, we elect to treat respondents' failure to file an answering brief as a confession of error. NRAP 31(c); see Las Vegas Sun, Inc. v. Nelson, 96 Nev. 825, 619 P.2d 534 (1980).
The default judgment and the order denying vacation of the judgment are reversed. This case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings.