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· 3/22/1971

Southern Union Gas Co. v. New Mexico Public Service Commission

Citations

  • 482 P.2d 913
  • 82 N.M. 405

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that because the United States was not a “person” as defined in the NMPUA, it did not have standing to intervene in the judicial review of a Commission order
  • “When the legislature has wanted to include sovereigns or other governmental bodies in its statutes, it has known how to do so.”
  • “When the legislature has wanted to include sovereigns or other governmental bodies in its statutes, it has known how to do so.”
  • where statute’s terms plain and unambiguous, construction not allowed

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Judges: Tackett, Compton, McManus

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