As a follow-up to my earlier post on the County Clerks’ petition to the New Mexico Supreme Court asking for guidance on whether they may, or may not, issue same-sex marriage licenses, here are the following documents from the case: 1. The Verified Petition … Continue reading
As a follow-up to its decision in Quality Automotive Center, LLC v. Arrieta, which I discussed earlier in this post, the New Mexico Supreme Court yesterday issued proposed changes to New Mexico Rule of Civil Procedure 1-088.1, which governs the … Continue reading
Last week, New Mexico’s 33 county clerks asked the New Mexico Supreme Court to issue a definitive opinion on whether they may, or must, issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. As things stand, several county clerks are now issuing same-sex … Continue reading
After spending the first four years of my legal career in Philadelphia, I returned to New Mexico in 2004. While I expected that New Mexico practice would differ from Pennsylvania’s, by far the biggest surprise was that each party to … Continue reading
Today the New Mexico Supreme Court issued its decision in the high-profile case of Elane Photography LLC v. Willock. Because I am counsel in this case, I cannot comment on the decision, but the Court’s opinion was written by Justice Chavez, … Continue reading
Steve Terrell’s excellent Roundhouse Roundup blog reports that the New Mexico Supreme Court has denied the petitions for writ of mandamus in Hanna v. Salazar and Griego v. Oliver, which asked the Court to recognize a right to same-sex marriage in New … Continue reading
One of today’s headlines at Drudge Report is “You can serve on jury even if you don’t understand english” (sic), referring to yesterday’s decision by the New Mexico Supreme Court in State v. Samora, which reaffirmed that proposition. Juror service … Continue reading
According to this report by Matthew van Buren in the Taos News, the New Mexico Supreme Court has agreed to hear Cordova v. Cline, a case involving the interpretation of New Mexico’s anti-SLAPP statute. Arsenio Cordova, an former board member … Continue reading
Milan Simonich has this report in the Carlsbad Current-Argus about this week’s non-precedential decision by the New Mexico Supreme Court in Avalos v. New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board. The Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Justice Charles … Continue reading
(UPDATE, April 3, 2014: The Supreme Court has decided to allow reciprocity, see here). When I graduated from law school in 2000, I took a job as a prosecutor in Philadelphia, and was therefore required to spend a great deal … Continue reading
