Montano v. Los Alamos County

OPINION

FLORES, Judge.

1. Charles Montano and Joe Gutierrez (Appellants) appeal the trial court’s dismissal of their complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Appellants sought a declaratory judgment that NMSA 1978, Section 3-12-1.1 (Repl. Pamp.1995) required that the governing body of Los Alamos County be elected from single-member districts. The trial court dismissed Appellants’ complaint. Appellants raise two issues on appeal: (1) whether Section 3-12-1.1 requires that Los Alamos County provide single-member districts; and (2) if not, whether Section 3-12-1.1…