Nevada

Justices

• Chief Justice James Hardesty – Term expires 2011. (leans progressive)

• Justice Mark Gibbons – Re-elected 2008. Term expires 2014 (leans progressive)

• Justice Ron Parraguirre – Term expires 2011 (leans conservative)

• Justice Michael Douglas – Appointed 2004 (leans conservative)

• Justice Michael Cherry –Term ends 2013 (leans progressive)

• Justice Nancy Saitta – Term ends 2013 (leans progressive)

• Justice Kristina Pickering – elected 2008 upon Justice A. William Maupin’s resignation (leans conservative)

About the court

The court is non-partisan with a progressive majority.

Terms are 6 years. The next election cycle is 2010.

Three of the first six opinions issued by the Court in 2009 focus in changes in the state’s DUI laws, with the state coming out the loser in all three. The other three opinions issued focused on the statute of limitations, workman’s compensation, and a tobacco settlement.

Nevada is one of the few states, if not the only, that determine the Chief Justice with a coin toss.