Legal Opinion
Regents of the University v. Hughes
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 17, 1992No. Nos. 19834, 19845PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MONTGOMERY, Justice.
These consolidated appeals present two issues of interpretation of certain provisions of the Liquor Control Act.1 The first, and perhaps substantively more significant, issue is whether the word “school” in Section 60-6B-10, which prohibits issuance of a liquor license at a location within 300 feet of any church or school, is to be given a functional or a literal interpretation. (By “functional,” we mean an interpretation focusing on the purposes for which property owned by a school is used, as opposed to a “literal” interpretation focusing only on the fact that the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Llano, Inc. v. Southern Union Gas CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
- Texas National Theatres, Inc. v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
- Garcia v. Garcia Ex Rel. Estate of GarciaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1991
- City of Raton v. Vermejo Conservancy DistrictNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1984
- Roberson v. Board of Education of City of Santa FeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Bd. of Educ. of Carlsbad v. HarrellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- Southland Corp. v. ManzagolNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF NM v. HughesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1992