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· 2/10/1993

Baptiste v. City of Las Cruces

Citations

  • 848 P.2d 1105
  • 115 N.M. 178

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that 8 1 whether a person is a “law enforcement officer” involves questions of fact regarding 2 the person’s duties as well as legal questions regarding whether those duties fall 3 within the statutory definition of a law enforcement officer
  • remanding to determine whether animal control officer’s duties include maintaining public order
  • remanding to determine whether animal control officer's duties include maintaining public order
  • “Maintaining public order can be accomplished without the power to arrest.”
  • looking at duties listed under “[j]ob [d]escription”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hartz, Chavez, Flores

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