Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. New Mexico State Highway & Transportation Department v. Baca
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 8, 1995No. 21826PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MINZNER, Justice.
This appeal concerns the question of whether a district court may award attorney’s fees against the State as a sanction for bad-faith litigation. We conclude that such a sanction may be proper under some circumstances, that the record does not support the award made, but that there may have been an evidentiary basis for a different award. We therefore affirm the Court of Appeals’ reversal of the fee award, but we remand for further proceedings.
J. FACTS
Plaintiff Edward Baca (“Baca”) worked for the State Highway and Transportation Department (“Department”) from 1971…
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