City of Albuquerque v. Ryon

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “declaratory judgment actions are subject to the same limitations as the nature of the action sued upon in the underlying case,” which precluded an attempt to substitute a declaratory judgment action for an expired right to appeal
• providing that declaratory judgment actions are not intended to substitute for remedies such as mandamus
• providing that declaratory judgment actions are not intended to substitute for remedies such as mandamus
• holding a writ of mandamus was appropriate to compel the city’s compliance with an administrative order, which provided for reinstatement with back pay for wrongfully terminated employee
• “[Djeclaratory judgment actions are not intended to provide a substitute for other available actions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).