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· 10/29/1986

Wylie Corp. v. Mowrer

Citations

  • 726 P.2d 1381
  • 104 N.M. 751

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “creation of a workmen’s compensation administration and vesting in it the determination of controversies thereunder, is a valid exercise of legislative power.”
  • overruling State ex rel. Hovey Concrete Products Co. v. Mechem, 63 N.M. 250, 316 P.2d 1069 (1957), and upholding constitutionality of new workmen's compensation administration
  • overruling State ex rel. Hovey Concrete Products Co. v. Mechem, 63 N.M. 250, 316 P.2d 1069 (1957), and upholding constitutionality of new workmen’s compensation administration
  • relying on public policy considerations in affirming validity of workers’ compensation administration adjudications
  • overruling State ex rel. Hovey Concrete Prods. Co. v. Mechem, 63 N.M. 250, 316 P.2d 1069 (1957) and holding that an administrative agency can address individual rights as a quasi-judicial body
  • upholding the creation of an administrative agency to address individual rights and striking down prior authority prohibiting administrative agencies from engaging in activities nominally denominated “judicial” or “quasi-judicial” in nature

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Judges: Walters, Riordan, Sosa, Federici, Stowers

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