State Supreme Court / N.M.

Santa Fe Exploration Co. v. Oil Conservation Commission

Decided July 27, 1992. Joseph Francis Baca wrote the opinion for the court.

835 P.2d 819 · Cited 90 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.

Reid v. New Mexico Board of Examiners in Optometry · 589 P.2d 198
National Council on Compensation Insurance v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 756 P.2d 558
Continental Oil Co. v. Oil Conservation Commission · 373 P.2d 809
McCoy v. New Mexico Real Estate Commission · 614 P.2d 14
Matter of Adoption of Doe · 676 P.2d 1329
Duke City Lumber Co. v. New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board · 681 P.2d 717
Newsome v. Farer · 708 P.2d 327
Olson v. Rothwell · 28 Wis. 2d 233
New Mexico Human Services Department v. Garcia · 608 P.2d 151
Groendyke Transport, Inc. v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 684 P.2d 1135
Lowery v. Atterbury · 823 P.2d 313
Le Strange v. City of Berkeley · 210 Cal. App. 2d 313
Maricopa County v. Gottsponer · 723 P.2d 716
Stokes v. Morgan · 680 P.2d 335
Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of the State · 291 P.2d 607
Bilbao v. Bilbao · 696 P.2d 494
Rutter & Wilbanks Corp. v. Oil Conservation Commission · 532 P.2d 582
Garcia v. New Mexico Human Services Department · 608 P.2d 154

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Marbob Energy Corp. v. New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission · 206 P.3d 135
Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority v. New Mexico Public Regulation Commission · 229 P.3d 494
In Re Com'n Investigation · 980 P.2d 37
U S West Communications, Inc. v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 127 N.M. 254
Johnson v. New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission · 978 P.2d 327
AA Oilfield Service, Inc. v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 881 P.2d 18

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