State Assembly unanimously supports intermediate appellate court
In these partisan times, unanimous votes aren’t all that common in any legislature, including the Nevada State Assembly. But the vote in favor of amending the Nevada Constitution to create an intermediate court of appeals received just such unanimous support yesterday. If SJR9 is approved again in the 2009 legislative session, the issue will be presented to the voters.
Similar efforts to create an intermediate court have failed before. However, the population, and with it, the number of cases filed in the Supreme Court (consistent with the vast increase in district court filings) has also risen to a degree that greatly burdens that court, and further delays a final disposition for all litigants. Nevada needs an intermediate court to help with the increased cases. It is heartening to see the legislature put aside partisan differences for the sake of an issue fully deserving of unanimous support.
See the report in the R-J.
