State Supreme Court / N.M.

McCauley v. Ray

Decided December 16, 1968. David Chavez Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

453 P.2d 192 · Cited 101 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.

State v. Alaniz · 232 P.2d 982
Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
Washington Gas Light Co. v. Lansden · 172 U.S. 534
Fitzgerald v. Fitzgerald · 369 P.2d 398
Griego v. Conwell · 222 P.2d 606
Luna v. Flores · 328 P.2d 82
Romero v. Shelton · 374 P.2d 301
Dowaliby v. Fleming · 364 P.2d 126
Tapia v. Panhandle Steel Erectors Company · 428 P.2d 625
Flores v. Brown · 39 Cal. 2d 622
Jackson v. Southwestern Public Service Company · 349 P.2d 1029
Baros v. Kazmierczwk · 362 P.2d 798
Brown v. Cobb · 204 P.2d 264
Totah Drilling Company v. Abraham · 328 P.2d 1083
Transwestern Pipe Line Company v. Yandell · 367 P.2d 938
Wilson v. Employment Security Commission · 389 P.2d 855
State v. Fernandez · 248 P.2d 679
Miera v. George · 237 P.2d 102
Life & Cas. Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. Padgett · 407 S.W.2d 728
Blancett v. Homestake-Sapin Partners · 385 P.2d 568
State ex rel. Magee v. Williams · 57 N.M. 588
Hodgkins v. Christopher · 274 P.2d 153
Williams v. Yellow Checker Cab Co. · 427 P.2d 261
Witt v. Marcum Drilling Company · 389 P.2d 403
State ex rel. Reynolds v. Lewis · 74 N.M. 442

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