Legal Opinion
Zuni Public School District, 89 v. State of New Mexico Public Education Department
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 12, 2012No. 33,490; Docket No. 30,861PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CASTILLO, Chief Judge.
{1} The sole question before us is whether sovereign immunity bars Zuni Public School District #89 (Zuni) from bringing suit against the New Mexico Public Education Department and its secretary (State) for reimbursement of funds that Zuni claims were wrongfully deducted from its portion of state funding for public schools. Deciding that such cause of action does not violate the doctrine of sovereign immunity, we affirm the district court’s denial of the State’s motion to dismiss on that ground.
BACKGROUND
{2} Zuni, a New Mexico Public School District as defined in…
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