State Supreme Court / N.M.

Swink v. Fingado

Decided March 2, 1993. Seth D. Montgomery wrote the opinion for the court.

850 P.2d 978 · Cited 64 times

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Trimble v. St. Joseph's Hospital · 253 P.2d 805
Wiggins v. Rush · 489 P.2d 641
Addison v. Addison · 62 Cal. 2d 558
Psomas v. Psomas · 661 P.2d 884
August v. Tillian · 178 P.2d 590
Warburton v. White · 176 U.S. 484
Siberell v. Siberell · 7 P.2d 1003
LeClert v. LeClert · 453 P.2d 755
Tomlinson v. Clarke · 825 P.2d 706
Mota v. State · 788 P.2d 538
Campbell v. Campbell · 310 P.2d 266
Torrance County Mental Health Program, Inc. v. New Mexico Health & Environment Department · 830 P.2d 145
Michelson v. Michelson · 520 P.2d 263
Gray v. Armijo · 372 P.2d 821
Allen v. Allen · 651 P.2d 1296
Walentowski v. Walentowski · 672 P.2d 657
Chavez v. Chavez · 244 P.2d 781
Rubalcava v. Garst · 206 P.2d 1154
State v. Von Geldern · 638 P.2d 319
Lopez v. Employment Security Division of the New Mexico Department of Labor · 802 P.2d 9
In Re Marriage of Powers · 218 Cal. App. 3d 626
Burlingham v. Burlingham · 384 P.2d 699
State Ex Rel. Haynes v. Bonem · 845 P.2d 150
Otto v. Otto · 455 P.2d 642
Kinney v. Ewing · 492 P.2d 636

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