Pierce v. State Ex Rel. New Mexico Taxation & Revenue Department

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a challenged award of costs “[was] not authorized by statute or precedent”
• opining that public pensions create property — not contract — interest upon vesting, which matures upon fulfilling all retirement conditions
• not allowing costs for expert witnesses who did not testify but submitted affidavits in support of a motion for summary judgment
• detailing early use of voluntary/mandatory distinction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).