Gov. Brian Sandoval names appellate justices

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday named the three justices who will be the first to sit on Nevada’s newly-created appellate court. That puts the new court on course to begin hearing casts in January as planned by Supreme Court Justice Jim Hardesty who spearheaded creation of the new court. They are Jerry Tao, Michael Gibbons and Abbi Silver. Sandoval made the selections from a list of three finalist for each post presented by th