Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Harrison v. Nevada Industrial Insurance System

Harrison v. Nev. Indus. Ins. Sys., 526 U.S. 1115 (1999)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1999-05-17
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that reckless conduct, not mere negligent conduct, is equivalent to knowing conduct and citing People v. Small, 962 P.2d 258, 260 (Colo.1998)
  • holding that reckless conduct, not mere negligent conduct, is equivalent to knowing conduct
  • issue preclusion held not to apply “because the burden of proof in a civil action is a preponderance of the evidence [but] in a lawyer discipline proceeding proof is by clear and convincing evidence”

Citator

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Sup. Ct. Nev. Certiorari denied.