New Mexico Court of Appeals· 6/29/2006

Cruz v. FTS Construction, Inc.

Citations

140 N.M. 284
2006 NMCA 109
142 P.3d 365

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stating that one purpose behind the doctrine of priority jurisdiction is “to prevent vexatious litigation and multiplicity of suits” (alterations, internal quotation marks, and citation omitted)
stating that one purpose behind the doctrine of priority jurisdiction is “to prevent 5 vexatious litigation and multiplicity of suits” (alterations, internal quotation marks, 6 and citation omitted)
noting that the policy rationale behind the doctrine is “‘to ‘avoid[] conflicts that might arise between courts if they were to make contradictory decisions or awards relating to the same controversy, and [to] prevent[] vexatious litigation and multiplicity of suits’’’
“A plaintiff cannot avoid the application'of res judi-cata where he or she brought a prior suit on the same cause of action in a court with a jurisdictional limit”

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Judges: Castillo, Fry, Pickard

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