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KENNETH J. MCKENNA
Representative Matters

Four Decades of Consequential Litigation

From capital murder to the en banc Ninth Circuit, from the Judas Priest trial to First Amendment victories, the cases below reflect a career defined by the willingness to take hard matters to their conclusion.

Notable Matters

Additional Matters of Record

  • 9th Cir. \u00b7 2005

    Dominguez-Curry v. Nevada Transportation Department

    424 F.3d 1027 (9th Cir. 2005)

    Title VII appeal in which the Ninth Circuit reversed summary judgment on hostile work environment and failure-to-promote claims against the Nevada Transportation Department.

  • Nev. Sup. Ct. \u00b7 1997

    Arco Products Co. v. May

    948 P.2d 263 (Nev. 1997)

    Commercial products and economic-loss doctrine before the Nevada Supreme Court. Cited in Nevada commercial-litigation opinions.

  • Nev. Sup. Ct. \u00b7 2002

    Civil Serv. Comm’n v. Dist. Ct.

    42 P.3d 268 (Nev. 2002)

    Administrative-law writ proceeding on judicial review of civil-service determinations before the Nevada Supreme Court.

  • Nev. Sup. Ct. \u00b7 1988

    Judas Priest v. Second Judicial District Court

    760 P.2d 137 (Nev. 1988)

    Jurisdictional writ proceeding tied to the subliminal-messages litigation that proceeded to bench trial in Vance v. Judas Priest.

  • D. Nev. \u00b7 1983

    Videotronics, Inc. v. Bend Electronics

    564 F. Supp. 1471 (D. Nev. 1983)

    Federal commercial litigation involving gaming-industry trade secrets and unfair competition in Nevada’s federal courts.

Additional Engagements

The Record in Brief

YearCourtCaseMatter
1991D. Nev.Layton v. Yankee CaithnessEnvironmental nuisance
19939th Cir.Smith v. SumnerCivil rights (prisoner)
1994Nev. Sup. Ct.Snyder v. VianiDram shop / wrongful death
19959th Cir.McKenna v. McDanielCapital retrial habeas
20069th Cir.Walsh v. Nevada DHRADA / sovereign immunity
2011Nev. Sup. Ct.State v. LinstromOral argument (respondent)
Career Timeline

The Record, Chronologically

  1. 1980Admitted to the Nevada State Bar
  2. 1983Videotronics v. Bend Electronics (D. Nev.) — early gaming-industry trade-secret matter
  3. 1985McKenna v. State (Nev. Sup. Ct.) — capital appeal
  4. 1988Judas Priest v. Second Judicial Dist. Ct. (Nev. Sup. Ct.) — jurisdictional writ
  5. 1990Vance v. Judas Priest — nineteen-day bench trial, Washoe County
  6. 1994Snyder v. Viani (Nev. Sup. Ct.)
  7. 1995McKenna v. McDaniel (9th Cir.) — capital retrial habeas
  8. 1997Arco Products v. May (Nev. Sup. Ct.)
  9. 1998Allum v. Valley Bank (Nev. Sup. Ct.) — wrongful-discharge precedent
  10. 2002Jespersen v. Harrah’s filed (D. Nev.)
  11. 2002Civil Serv. Comm’n v. Dist. Ct. (Nev. Sup. Ct.)
  12. 2005Dominguez-Curry v. Nevada DOT (9th Cir.)
  13. 2006Jespersen v. Harrah’s — en banc Ninth Circuit
  14. 2013Moonin v. NHP filed (D. Nev.)
  15. 2017Moonin v. Tice — Ninth Circuit affirmance
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