Concerned Residents for Neighborhood Inc. v. Shollenbarger

OPINION

BIVINS, Judge.

Appellants Shollenbarger, as Director of the Alcohol and Gaming Division of the New Mexico Department of Regulation and Licensing (director), and Old Town Liquor Shoppe, Inc. (the shoppe) appeal from a writ of mandamus entered by the district court prohibiting the director from transferring a liquor license. On appeal, the director and the shoppe raise three issues: 1) whether the district court erred in the issuance of a writ of mandamus; 2) whether the district court erred in allowing the presentation of additional evidence at the mandamus hearing; and 3) whether whole…