Valley Health Sys., LLC v. Murray

Summary

The court held that the Nevada Constitution permits both the governor to designate lower-court judges and the chief justice to assign senior justices as temporary substitutes when Supreme Court justices are disqualified. The court harmonized the constitutional provisions by construing the governor's authority as permitting, but not exclusively requiring, designation of lower-court judges, while the chief justice may assign senior justices within the court system. The objection to the senior-justice assignments was overruled, and the motion for gubernatorial designations was denied.