Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Johnson
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 29, 1998No. 24547PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BACA, Justice.
{1} The Constitution of the State of New Mexico commands that “[t]he powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments, the legislative, executive, and judicial, and no person or collection of persons charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments, shall exercise any powers properly belonging to either of the others____” N.M. Const, art. Ill, § 1. The case before us does not concern the merits of public assistance reform or conflicts of political ideology. Rather, it concerns only the sanctity of the New…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Gregory v. AshcroftSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Nixon v. Administrator of General ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- New York v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- South Dakota v. DoleSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Torres v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- New Mexico Right to Choose/NARAL v. JohnsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
- Hartford Insurance v. ClineNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2006
- State Ex Rel. Sandel v. New Mexico Public Utility CommissionNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1999
- Cockrell v. Board of Regents of New Mexico State UniversityNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2002
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