State Supreme Court / N.M.

United Nuclear Corp. v. General Atomic Co.

Decided August 29, 1980. H Vern Payne wrote the opinion for the court.

629 P.2d 231 · Cited 166 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.

Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. Rogers · 357 U.S. 197
In Re Uranium Antitrust Litigation · 480 F. Supp. 1138
Kelly v. Kosuga · 358 U.S. 516
Rio Grande Gas Company v. Gilbert · 491 P.2d 162
State Ex Rel. Anaya v. Scarborough · 410 P.2d 732
R. E. Spriggs Co. v. Adolph Coors Co. · 37 Cal. App. 3d 653
Davis v. Westland Development Co. Ex Rel. Town of Atrisco · 466 P.2d 862
Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. · 370 U.S. 690
De Canas v. Bica · 424 U.S. 351
Underhill v. Hernandez · 168 U.S. 250
General Atomic Co. v. Felter · 560 P.2d 541
United Nuclear Corp. v. General Atomic Co. · 597 P.2d 290
Marco v. Dulles · 169 F. Supp. 622
Wieneke v. Chalmers · 385 P.2d 65
United Nuclear Corp. v. General Atomic Co. · 560 P.2d 161
Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137
Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490
California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97
Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co. · 184 U.S. 540
Hovey v. Elliott · 167 U.S. 409
Watson v. Buck · 313 U.S. 387
Hammond Packing Co. v. Arkansas · 212 U.S. 322
Kelly v. Washington Ex Rel. Foss Co. · 302 U.S. 1
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Ware · 414 U.S. 117
Ex Parte American Steel Barrel Co. · 230 U.S. 35

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