State Supreme Court / N.M.

Bettini v. City of Las Cruces

Decided May 3, 1971. Donnan Stephenson wrote the opinion for the court.

485 P.2d 967 · Cited 63 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Stang v. Hertz Corporation · 467 P.2d 14
Burch v. Foy · 308 P.2d 199
City of Chicago v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance · 218 Ill. 40
City Commission v. State ex rel. Nichols · 75 N.M. 438
Pecos Construction Co. v. Mortgage Investment Co. · 459 P.2d 842
Valley Country Club, Inc. v. Mender · 64 N.M. 59
State v. Reinhart · 439 P.2d 554
Nunn v. Nunn · 473 P.2d 360
Jaynes v. Heron · 130 P.2d 29
State Ex Rel. Maryland Casualty Co. v. State Highway Commission · 35 P.2d 308

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