· 11/22/1972
Sangre De Cristo Development Corp. v. City of Santa Fe
Citations
- 503 P.2d 323
- 84 N.M. 343
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating, in a suit for injunctive relief, that “this Court has consistently held [that] the State of New Mexico may not be sued in the courts without its permission or consent”
- county and municipal control over Tesuque Pueblo land did not infringe on the tribe’s self-government, but was preempted, so state court had no jurisdiction
- “This Court, by mere inference or presumption, cannot logically be considered to have overruled the long line of eases ... which have expressly dealt with the subject of sovereign immunity.”
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Judges: Oman, McManus, Stephenson
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