Court Opinion

ID: 9611618
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 03:58:36.297389+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:03:15.545966
License: Public Domain

Gunderson, J.,
dissenting:
So far as I can see, by enacting NRS 244.345(8), the Legislature at most intended to permit commissioners in Nevada’s less populated counties to determine, through licensing procedures, *742that at a prescribed location and under defined conditions a house of prostitution will not necessarily impinge upon the general public as a nuisance.
Of course, purpose to repeal the common law should not be merely a matter of speculation. Cf. West Indies v. First Nat’l Bank, 67 Nev. 13, 214 P.2d 144 (1950). With all respect, I can perceive no intent in the new statute to vest unlicensed brothels with status more exalted than before.