Wolfe v. New Mexico Department Of Human Services

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that district court erred in adopting special master’s findings because there was insufficient factual basis to support the legal conclusions reached by the special master
• “[T]he touchstone 8 of the substantial compliance inquiry is whether Defendants frustrated the purpose 9 of the consent decree — i.e. its essential requirements.”
• remanding to the district court to make adequate factual findings
• “‘[In order to satisfy Rule 52(a)] the trial court must include as many of the subsidiary facts as necessary to permit us to determine the steps by which [it] reached its ultimate conclusion . . . .’” (citation omitted) (alterations in original)
• “To the extent that any 7 stipulated criteria has not been met, the court must determine whether that failure 8 is immaterial to the overall objectives or, on the other hand, whether it had a 9 material adverse impact upon the overall [objectives of the Decree].”

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