William “Mack” Vaughan presented at the emergency department of Defendant
11 St. Vincent Hospital, Inc. (the Hospital) in Santa Fe, New Mexico in August 2002
12 with complaints of abdominal pain. He was seen in the emergency department by Dr.
13 Martin Wilt, who was a subcontractor/partner of Northern New Mexico Emergency
14 Medical Services, and who ordered a CT scan. The scan was... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - NM)

Minneapolis, MN - German Shipping Company Pleads Guilty to Covering Up Illegal Dumping of Oily Waste Water into Great Lakes

Owners of Cornelia required to pay $1 million criminal sanction; $200,000 earmarked for protection of Lake Superior and Lake Superior Watershed

United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced the guilty plea of MST MINERALIEN SCHIFFAHRT SPEDITION UND TRANSP... More...    $0 (07-05-2016 - NM)

Congress enacted USERRA to encourage noncareer military service, to
7 minimize disruptions in the lives and communities of those who serve in the
8 uniformed services, and “to prohibit discrimination against persons because of their
9 service in the uniformed services.” 38 U.S.C. § 4301(a)(1)-(3). Congress created
10 USERRA pursuant to its War Powers set forth in Article I, Section... More...    $0 (04-16-2016 - NM)

Intervenors’ motion for rehearing is denied. However, our prior opinion filed
4 on November 12, 2015 is withdrawn and the following is substituted in its place.
5 {2} Since the adoption of the New Mexico Constitution on January 21, 1911, New
6 Mexico has had a constitutional responsibility to provide a free public education for
7 all children of school age. N.M. Const. art. XII,... More...    $0 (12-18-2015 - NM)

Since the adoption of the New Mexico Constitution on January 21, 1911, New
4 Mexico has had a constitutional responsibility to provide a free public education for
5 all children of school age. N.M. Const. art. XII, § 1. However, “no part of the
6 proceeds arising from the sale or disposal of any lands granted to the state by
7 congress, or any other funds appropriated, levied or ... More...    $0 (11-16-2015 - NM)

Since the adoption of the New Mexico Constitution on January 21, 1911, New
4 Mexico has had a constitutional responsibility to provide a free public education for
5 all children of school age. N.M. Const. art. XII, § 1. However, “no part of the
6 proceeds arising from the sale or disposal of any lands granted to the state by
7 congress, or any other funds appropriated, levied or... More...    $0 (11-12-2015 - NM)

Since 1975, we have held that provisions precluding government employees
4 from seeking elective office are constitutionally permissible personnel rules
5 regulating conflicts of interest. See State ex rel. Gonzales v. Manzagol, 1975-NMSC-
6 002, ¶¶ 18-19, 87 N.M. 230, 531 P.2d 1203. These personnel rules act as conditions
7 of employment, and therefore do not constitute added qual... More...    $0 (09-09-2015 - NM)

Following a jury trial, Defendant-Appellant Gloria Porter was convicted of 105 counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, and one count of identity theft. Ms. Porter appeals her convictions, claiming that the district court incorrectly instructed the jury with respect to aggravated identity theft and that the evidence was insufficient to support her convictions for wire fraud and mail fraud. W... More...    $0 (03-07-2014 - NM)

{1} “All persons are born equally free, and have certain natural, inherent and inalienable rights, among which are the rights of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of seeking and obtaining safety and happiness.â€� N.M. Const. art. II, § 4. These inherent rights, enjoyed by all New Mexicans, appear along with twenty-three other provisio... More...    $0 (01-10-2014 - NM)

The question presented in this appeal is whether the Eleventh Amendment protects New Mexico from a suit for money damages under Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131–65. We conclude it does. New Mexico has state sovereign immunity from a claim that it violated the ADA when it revoked the medical license of a physician whose practice the state claimed constit... More...    $0 (01-11-2012 - NM)

Bina Shahani appeals the district court's order granting John Navani's petition that their son be returned to England, the child's country of habitual residence, pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and its implementing legislation, the International Child Abduction Remedies Act. The district court concluded that Shahani wrongfully retained the ... More...    $0 (07-30-2007 - NM)

Marsha Hardeman filed this action against the City of Albuquerque; the former Mayor, Jim Baca; and her former supervisor, city employee Theresa Trujeque, alleging violations of her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights and seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983. Specifically, Ms. Hardeman alleged 1) that she was terminated from her employment as a Department Director of the Albuq... More...    $0 (08-05-2004 - NM)

Mr. Chen is a native and citizen of Taiwan who entered the United States in 1982, at the age of twenty-three, as a lawful permanent resident. On September 25, 1995, after pleading guilty, a Georgia state district court convicted Mr. Chen of possession and sale of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Mr. Chen ... More...    $0 (01-14-2004 - NM)

John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, et al., appeal an order in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico preliminarily enjoining the government from prohibiting or penalizing the sacramental use of hoasca, a substance containing dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a drug listed in Section I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), 21 U.S.C. §§ 801-904, by O Centro E... More...    $0 (09-09-2003 - NM)

This dispute centers around the Rio Grande Reclamation Project (the "Project"). In 1902, Congress passed the Reclamation Act. Act of June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388 (1902) (codified as amended in scattered sections of 43 U.S.C. beginning at 43 U.S.C. § 371). The purpose of the Reclamation Act was to facilitate irrigation of arid and semi-arid western territories and states by providing for t... More...    $0 (05-08-2002 - NM)