Legal Opinion
Public Service Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2012No. 11-9536, 11-9540PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.
This case began with an angry bill collector, metamorphosed into a discovery dispute, and now serves mostly as another reminder about the importance of preserving your best arguments in the proper administrative forum rather than trying them for the first time in an appellate court.
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It began with Robert Madrid. He worked for Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), collecting overdue bills for the electric utility. A tough job, to be sure, and one that apparently called for more patience than Mr. Madrid could muster on a bad day. Angered by a particularly obstinate…
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