State Supreme Court / N.M.

Quintana v. New Mexico Department of Corrections

Decided September 7, 1983. William F. Riordan wrote the opinion for the court.

668 P.2d 1101 · Cited 57 times

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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.

Bradbury & Stamm Construction Co. v. Bureau of Revenue · 372 P.2d 808
City Commission v. State ex rel. Nichols · 75 N.M. 438
Allen v. McClellan · 75 N.M. 400
State v. Marcus · 281 P. 454

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