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In Re Removal of Thaxton

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided February 5, 1968No. 8392PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MOISE, Justice.

We have for consideration a motion to dismiss a presentment against movant seeking his removal from the position of state highway commissioner to which he was appointed in 1963.

Article V, Sec. 14, N.M.Const., as it existed in 1963, provided for appointment of highway commissioners by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate for terms of six years. The same article and section also provided the grounds for their removal and gave this court exclusive original jurisdiction in proceedings seeking removal under rules to be promulgated by the court. Rule 26 of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. State v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Martello v. Superior Court of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
  3. State ex rel. Corry v. CooneyMontana Supreme Court · 1924
  4. McLain v. HaleyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1949
  5. Druggan v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1925

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Commissioner of RevenueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. State v. SantillanesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
  3. In Re RomeroNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Smigiel v. FranchotCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2009
  5. US West Communications, Inc. v. New Mexico Public Regulation CommissionNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1999

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