As Nevada continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Nevada Supreme Court deserves assistance in adjudicating appeals. The average judge on the Nevada Supreme Court hears over 320 cases a year. This is easily one of the largest caseload of any state supreme court in the United States. Accordingly, in March of 2007, the Supreme Court provided a report to the Nevada Legislature identifying how the Supreme Court could implement an intermediate court of appeals, should the people of the state permit it through constitutional amendment, and the legislature implement it in 2011. Thankfully, the resolution has been approved by a majority of members in both houses of Congress. The final step is to obtain approval from the voters. If a majority of voters vote in favor of the measure, it will become part of the Nevada Constitution (Article 19, Section 1).
From estimates of those who closely in proliferating this significant change it would cost around $1.6 million to implement. The proposal would use the same clerk’s office as the Supreme Court, the existing central legal staff, and the existing Supreme Court personnel to support the work of the court of appeals. Moreover, it would be located at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County) because that is where the highest number of cases to be assigned to the court would come from.
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