Supreme Court of Nevada

The Supreme Court of Nevada is the highest state court of the U.S. state of Nevada and the head of the Nevada Judiciary. Its main constitutional function is to review appeals made directly from the decisions of the district courts; it does not conduct trials but decides whether legal errors were made below. It may send appeals to the Nevada Court of Appeals for final resolution and can determine that court's jurisdiction. Seven justices sit on it, elected to six-year terms in officially nonpartisan elections, with the Governor filling vacancies and the most senior justice serving as Chief Justice for two years. When Nevada joined the Union in 1864 three justices were elected; the bench grew to five in 1967 and seven in 1997. Since 1999 most cases are decided by three-justice panels, one sitting in Carson City and one in Las Vegas.