Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Martinez v. City of Las Vegas
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 2004No. 22,283PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SERNA, Justice.
{1} In Cartwright v. Public Service Co. of New Mexico, 66 N.M. 64, 79-85, 343 P.2d 654, 664-69 (1958), this Court adopted the pueblo rights doctrine. Under this doctrine, municipalities that are the successors-in-interest to colonization pueblos established by antecedent sovereigns possess a pueblo water right. This water right entitles a municipality to take as much water from an adjacent water course as necessary for municipal purposes and permits expansion of the right to accommodate increased municipal needs due to population increases. Upon reexamination, we…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Crosby v. National Foreign Trade CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by57 opinions
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- Walker v. United StatesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2007
- State Ex Rel. Office of the State Engineer v. LewisNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2006
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