CHAVEZ v. YONTZ

No. 16359.

720 P.2d 300 (1986)

104 N.M. 265

Benjamin Anthony CHAVEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James Allen YONTZ, Dolores Waller, Bernalillo County Clerk, Respondents-Appellees. Herbert P. KRAUS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Maria CALDWELL, Dolores Waller, Bernalillo County Clerk, Respondents-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Herrera, Santa Fe, for Chavez.

Joseph N. Riggs III, Albuquerque, for Kraus.

Phillip P. Medrano, Albuquerque, for respondents-appellees.


OPINION

RIORDAN, Chief Justice.

Petitioners brought suit in district court for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against respondents. Petitioners sought to have respondents declared ineligible as candidates for election as metropolitan court judges under NMSA 1978, Section 34-8A-4(B) (Cum.Supp.1985) and to enjoin the Bernalillo County Clerk from placing their names on the primary ballot. Hearing was held...

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