City of Sunland Park v. Santa Teresa Concerned Citizens Ass'n

OPINION

SOSA, Chief Justice.

I. PROCEEDINGS BELOW

This case has reached us by traversing the following stages.

A. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE DONA ANA COUNTY COMMISSION

On June 5, 1986, Petitioner, City of Sun-land Park (the city), wrote letters to various property owners in southern Dona Ana County encouraging them to seek annexation into the city. On July 23, 1986, the Dona Ana County Commission unanimously disapproved of the planned annexation as proposed in the city’s letters to the property owner?. On August 11,1986, various property owners, many of whom had received the city’s letter and who had…