State Supreme Court / N.M.

Methola v. County of Eddy

Decided December 31, 1980. William R. Federici wrote the opinion for the court.

622 P.2d 234 · Cited 125 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.

Hicks v. State · 544 P.2d 1153
Keller v. City of Albuquerque · 509 P.2d 1329
State Ex Rel. Bird v. Apodaca · 573 P.2d 213
State Ex Rel. Newsome v. Alarid · 568 P.2d 1236
City of Belen v. Harrell · 603 P.2d 711
State Ex Rel. Miera v. Chavez · 373 P.2d 533
New Mexico State Highway Department v. Van Dyke · 563 P.2d 1150
Southwest Distributing Co. v. Olympia Brewing Co. · 565 P.2d 1019
Munroe v. Wall · 340 P.2d 1069
Holiday Management Co. v. City of Santa Fe · 610 P.2d 1197
Frkovich v. Petranovich · 151 P.2d 337
State v. Rhea · 608 P.2d 144

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