Stahmann Farms, Inc., a New Mexico Corporation v. United States

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• recognizing that preservation principles are “relaxed somewhat where the question is one of law”
• exercising discretion to consider issue for first time on appeal where the issue was a ground for affirming, not reversing, the trial court
• discretion exercised where the issue was purely one of law, and where the issue was a ground for affirming, not reversing, the trial court
• discretion exercised where the issue was purely one of law, and where the issue was a ground for affirming, not reversing, the trial court
• “This [waiver] principle is relaxed somewhat where the question is one of law and failure to hear it results in miscarriage of justice.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).