Legal Opinion
HNG Fossil Fuels Co. v. Roach
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 25, 1986No. 15709PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SOSA, Senior Justice.
This case raises the issues of whether the trial court exceeded the scope of its mandate from this Court and of what remains of the law of the case, after both parties have reversed the positions they had maintained at trial and on appeal. We hold that the second trial court did exceed its jurisdiction and remand again for a proper and final disposition of the matter, which will include an equitable tolling of the terms of the oil and gas leases in dispute.
HNG Fossil Fuels Company (HNG)-first filed this action in August, 1980, seeking an order of interpleader and a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
- Smith v. OwensSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
- HNG Fossil Fuels Co. v. RoachNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
- Ballard v. MillerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1974
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