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· 1/25/1994

Vigil v. Thriftway Marketing Corp.

Citations

  • 870 P.2d 138
  • 117 N.M. 176

How courts have described this case

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

  • requesting a trial setting on the merits demonstrated pursuit of the ease
  • “Oral rulings are not final and therefore [are] not a proper basis for an appeal.”
  • “Where a rule of civil procedure addresses the specific situation before a court, a trial judge is not free to ignore the dictates of the rule and rely instead on inherent authority.”
  • “Nevertheless, our concern with expeditious case management should not blind us to the true goal of our system, which is to provide a fair determination of legitimate issues brought before us.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
  • discussing dismissals under the current version of Rule 1-041(E)(2)
  • discussing dismissals under the current version of Rule 1-041(E)(2)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Black, Apodaca, Pickard

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