Legal Opinion
Block v. Vigil-Giron
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 7, 2004No. 28,345PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Justice.
{1} Appellant Jerome Block, a current member of the Public Regulatory Commission (PRC), seeks a declaration that he is entitled to be put on the upcoming 2004 ballot for another term as Commissioner of the PRC. He was first elected to the PRC in 1998, won re-election in 2000, and now at the expiration of this four-year term seeks to run for a second four-year term. The New Mexico Constitution provides that “after serving two terms” a PRC member is ineligible to hold office “until one full term has intervened.” N.M. Const, art. XI, § 1. Thus, the central question of this…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by11 opinions
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