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
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Milan Simonich has this report in the Carlsbad Current-Argus about this week’s non-precedential decision by the New Mexico Supreme Court in Avalos v. New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board.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
Dennis Grantham has this report at Behavioral Healthcare about the recent and controversial decision by the New Mexico Human Services Department to defund several mental health care providers over allegations of fraud. United States District Judge Christina Armijo denied the providers’ request … Continue reading
Yesterday, the White House announced President Obama’s appointment of Kansas Supreme Court Justice Nancy L. Moritz to the Tenth Circuit. The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report on Justice Moritz’s nomination. If confirmed, Justice Moritz will take the seat vacated by … Continue reading
(UPDATE, Sept. 24, 2013: Please note that the following post is from July 23, 2013. If you would like to read the briefs filed in the latest stage of Griego v. Oliver, please see this more recent post.) Yesterday (July … Continue reading
Joan Barron has this interesting profile of the Tenth Circuit’s newest judge, Gregory Phillips, in the Casper Star-Tribune. The money quote is Judge Phillips’ remark “Give me a stack of cases, a stack of notebooks and a few color marks … Continue reading
According to this story in the Santa Fe New Mexican, City of Santa Fe attorney Geno Zamora has asked the New Mexico Supreme Court for leave to file an amicus curiae brief in the Hanna v. Salazar mandamus writ proceeding. … Continue reading
District Judge Alan Malott has this article in the Albuquerque Journal, describing some of the new laws that took effect in New Mexico on July 1. Prominent among these are the Fair Pay for Women Act, which apparently strengthens remedies … Continue reading
