State Supreme Court / N.M.

Key v. Chrysler Motors Corp.

Decided May 31, 1996. Richard E. Ransom wrote the opinion for the court.

918 P.2d 350 · Cited 202 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.

Roberts v. General Motors Corp. · 138 N.H. 532
Kestenbaum v. Pennzoil Co. · 766 P.2d 280
State Ex Rel. Helman v. Gallegos · 871 P.2d 1352
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Anaya · 703 P.2d 169
Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150
Beard Motors, Inc. v. Toyota Motor Distributors, Inc. · 480 N.E.2d 303
Knauz v. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. · 720 F. Supp. 1327
Miller v. New Mexico Department of Transportation · 741 P.2d 1374
Quintana v. New Mexico Department of Corrections · 668 P.2d 1101
Anderson v. Dairyland Insurance · 637 P.2d 837
Draper v. Mountain States Mutual Casualty Co. · 867 P.2d 1157
Swartz v. Chrysler Motors Corporation · 297 F. Supp. 834
Brewer v. Exxon Corp. · 626 F. Supp. 76
Statewide Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Subaru of America · 704 F. Supp. 183

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Falkner v. Hon. Denise Lindberg · 2012 UT App 303

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