Jordan T. Smith

Appellate and commercial litigator 2020 Vegas Inc. 40 Under 40. Best Lawyers 2016 Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year in Las Vegas.

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Before she became Nevada's first female Nevada Supreme Court Justice (1993), Miriam Shearing, elected in 1982, was sworn in as Nevada's first elected female District Court Judge on Jan 3, 1983. PDF: https://t.co/VAHbFCNBpW
Vegas PBS Documentary VID: https://t.co/DfcqkzPeA7

[Jordan T. Smith @NevadaAppellate]

Here is an article about a cert petition that I recently filed

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The Las Vegas Sun wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a Ninth Circuit decision that nixed an agreement protecting it from the Las Vegas Review-Journal's alleged plan to drive it out of business. https://t.co/VaZRgFaPFN

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The Las Vegas Sun wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a Ninth Circuit decision that nixed an agreement protecting it from the Las Vegas Review-Journal's alleged plan to drive it out of business. https://t.co/VaZRgFaPFN

[Jordan T. Smith @NevadaAppellate]

I’m quoted in this article about reversal rates. Check it out

[Las Vegas Review-Journal @reviewjournal]

The Review-Journal partnered with the Our Nevada Judges nonprofit to report on judges’ error rates alongside the 2025 "Judging the Judges" survey. These stats show how frequently appellate courts overturn judges’ decisions.

READ MORE: https://t.co/1NluYhOZ2L

[State Bar of Nevada @nevadabar]

Thanks to our presenters (from left) David López-Negrete, Abe Smith, and Jordan T. Smith for their excellent session reviewing recent Nevada Supreme Court cases! #NVbar2025

[HISTORY:nevada @HistoryNevada]

Arrived in Las Vegas in 1982, Nevada District Court judge in 1992, and appointed to the Nevada Supreme Court in 2004, Justice Michael Douglas became the first Black Nevada Supreme Court Judge when he was sworn in on May 3, 2004. Douglas retired in 2019. https://t.co/zMGUfaAz3e

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US President Benjamin Harrison nominated Nevada Supreme Court justice Thomas P Hawley for US District Court, District of Nevada judge on Aug 30, 1890. He served in that capacity from 1890 until his retirement in 1906. https://t.co/ATPm9uq1jL

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THE CAITLIN CLARK SHOW 🔥

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NOTEWORTHY: Nevada Supreme Court holds that the state constitution recognizes a civil cause of action for damages for violating the state equivalent of the 4th Amendment—and there is *NO* qualified immunity defense to that claim.
Download opinion: https://t.co/2vm8jmBUuX #N

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Arrived in Nevada Territory in 1861, appointed as a Nevada Territory Supreme Court Justice (1861-63), and US Congressional Delegate for Nevada Territory (1863-64), Gordon Newell Mott was born on Oct 21, 1812 in Zanesville, OH. https://t.co/aNSnqFySRy

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Two Nevada Supreme Court justices -- in a dissenting opinion -- say @MelanieScheible can't be both prosecutor and senator. It's the first time any justice has addressed separation of powers issue directly: https://t.co/LcQgLD5XS8

[Las Vegas Review-Journal @reviewjournal]

Former Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Rose died Monday in Reno. He was 82.

https://t.co/Mv08qOfhab

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Nevada Assemblyman (1901-03), Nevada Attorney General (1903-07), and Nevada Supreme Court Justice (1907-13), James G Sweeney was born on Jan 22, 1877 in Carson City, NV. https://t.co/bxS4vE9TRg Sweeney was Nevada's youngest ever Attorney General (26) and Supreme Court Judge (34).

[Nevada Independent @TheNVIndy]

Nevada’s Supreme Court has whittled down its number of pending cases to the lowest level in a decade — three years after it reached a record high in 2018.
Via @RileySnyder:

https://t.co/08vnZupvFO(opens in a new tab)

[Amy Howe @AHoweBlogger]

#SCOTUS tells Nevada governor to file a response to Nevada church’s challenge to constitutionality of state’s COVID stay-at-home orders. It's due next Tuesday, Jan. 19.

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Our partner Jordan Smith wrote an op-ed for @TheNVIndy about the Executive’s emergency powers and the nondelegation doctrine. Read it here: https://t.co/7Z0tt1Vuu4

[Nevada Independent @TheNVIndy]

OPINION
"No matter how one views the current restrictions in place to combat the COVID pandemic... there is little doubt that the statutory epicenter of those restrictions is constitutionally infirm."
By @NevadaAppellate
https://t.co/qrxZaZDKJ2

[Jordan T. Smith @NevadaAppellate]

Please read my article about the nondelegation doctrine and Nevada’s COVID restrictions.

https://t.co/TSnj7TElYg