Former congressman released from hospital

Jim Bilbray, a former Nevada congressman, was released from MountainView Hospital over the weekend, the hospital said today.

No further details were released about the health of 63-year-old Bilbray, a native Las Vegan and attorney who collapsed Friday morning during a court hearing and was taken to the hospital in northwest Las Vegas.

The hospital did not release whether Bilbray was discharged on Saturday or Sunday.

Attempts to reach a spokesperson through Bilbray's Las Vegas law office today were not successful.

Bilbray was attending a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in downtown Las Vegas when he collapsed shortly after 10 a.m. Court clerks said Bilbray was at the hearing representing a National Airlines creditor, Certified Airline Passenger Services, during a hearing on National's reorganization plan.

Bilbray, a Democrat, served in the state Senate from 1980-86 and was elected to the House in 1986. He served four terms before being defeated by Republican John Ensign, now a U.S. senator, in 1994.

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