State Supreme Court / N.M.

Perea v. Baca

Decided July 14, 1980. William R. Federici wrote the opinion for the court.

614 P.2d 541 · Cited 52 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.

El Dorado at Santa Fe, Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners · 551 P.2d 1360
Burch v. Foy · 308 P.2d 199
Baca v. Grisolano · 256 P.2d 792
State Ex Rel. Maloney v. Sierra · 477 P.2d 301
State v. Arnold · 183 P.2d 845
Yarbrough v. Montoya · 214 P.2d 769
Edington v. Alba · 392 P.2d 675
Valley Country Club, Inc. v. Mender · 64 N.M. 59

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