State Supreme Court / N.M.

Schear v. Board of County Commissioners

Decided August 6, 1984. Mary Coon Walters wrote the opinion for the court.

687 P.2d 728 · Cited 155 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.

Methola v. County of Eddy · 622 P.2d 234
Brennen v. City of Eugene · 591 P.2d 719
Southern Union Gas Co. v. Briner Rust Proofing Co. · 331 P.2d 531
Holiday Management Co. v. City of Santa Fe · 610 P.2d 1197
Riss v. City of New York · 22 N.Y.2d 579
Adams v. State · 555 P.2d 235
Ryan v. State · 656 P.2d 597
Hicks v. State · 544 P.2d 1153
Lopez Ex Rel. Lopez v. Maez · 651 P.2d 1269
Massengill v. Yuma County · 456 P.2d 376
Ramirez v. Armstrong · 673 P.2d 822
Wilson v. Nepstad · 282 N.W.2d 664
Simpson's Food Fair, Inc. v. City of Evansville · 272 N.E.2d 871
Bettini v. City of Las Cruces · 485 P.2d 967
Walkowski v. MacOmb County Sheriff · 236 N.W.2d 516
New Mexico State Highway Department v. Van Dyke · 563 P.2d 1150
Commercial Carrier Corp. v. Indian River Cty. · 371 So. 2d 1010

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