Smith v. FDC Corp.

Decided February 15, 1990. Joseph Francis Baca wrote the opinion for the court.

787 P.2d 433 · Cited 72 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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.

• Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · 450 U.S. 248
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · 411 U.S. 792
• Lenz v. Chalamidas · 109 N.W. 113
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · 469 U.S. 111
• McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co. · 427 U.S. 273
• Toltec International, Inc. v. Village of Ruidoso · 619 P.2d 186
• United Nuclear Corp. v. General Atomic Co. · 629 P.2d 231
• Chavez v. Manville Products Corp. · 777 P.2d 371
• Vigil v. Arzola · 687 P.2d 1038
• Scott v. AZL Resources, Inc. · 107 N.W. 118
• Thompson Drilling, Inc. v. Romig · 736 P.2d 979
• Trujillo v. Chavez · 417 P.2d 893
• Powers v. Campbell · 442 P.2d 792
• Mobley v. Garcia · 217 P.2d 256
• Nash v. Higgins · 402 P.2d 945
• Brown v. Rollins, Inc. · 397 F. Supp. 571

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Martinez v. Yellow Freight System, Inc. · 826 P.2d 962
• Cates v. REGENTS NMIM & T · 954 P.2d 65
• Cates v. Regents of the New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology · 124 N.M. 633
• Behrmann v. Phototron Corp. · 795 P.2d 1015
• Gonzales v. New Mexico Department of Health · 11 P.3d 550
• Sonntag v. Shaw · 22 P.3d 1188
• Nava v. City of Santa Fe · 103 P.3d 571
• Garcia-Montoya v. State Treasurer's Office · 16 P.3d 1084
• Ocana v. American Furniture Co. · 91 P.3d 58
• Trujillo v. Northern Rio Arriba Electric Cooperative, Inc. · 131 N.M. 607
• Weststar Mortgage Corp. v. Jackson · 61 P.3d 823
• Ruby v. Sandia Corp. · 699 F. Supp. 2d 1247
• Trujillo v. Nora · 41 P.3d 333
• Lucero v. Aladdin Beauty Colleges, Inc. · 871 P.2d 365
• New Mexico Right to Choose/NARAL v. Johnson · 986 P.2d 450
• Juneau v. Intel Corp. · 127 P.3d 548
• Kitchell v. Public Service Co. · 972 P.2d 344
• Lowery v. Atterbury · 823 P.2d 313
• Medina v. Foundation Reserve Insurance · 870 P.2d 125
• Kelley v. City of Albuquerque · 375 F. Supp. 2d 1183
• Segal v. Goodman · 851 P.2d 471
• Smith v. Cox · 831 P.2d 981
• Trujillo v. BD. OF EDUC. OF ALBUQUERQUE PUB. SCH. · 377 F. Supp. 2d 1020
• Colorado Citizens for Ethics in Government v. Committee for American Dream · 187 P.3d 1207

Explore from here

Joseph Francis Baca’s Judicial Record · N.M. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).