ALVAREZ v. CHAVEZ

No. 14975.

886 P.2d 461 (1994)

118 N.M. 732

Fred ALVAREZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fabian CHAVEZ, Superintendent of Insurance, State of New Mexico, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

October 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen R. Smith, Payne, Hall & Poulson, P.C., Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellee.

Tom Udall, Atty. Gen., Karl O. Wyler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

This case addresses the issue of whether two statutes which preclude county officers from being licensed as bail bondsmen or from receiving benefits from the bail-bonding business violate the equal protection clauses of the United States and New Mexico Constitutions. The trial court concluded that the statutes do violate equal protection guarantees, and we affirm.

BACKGROUND

NMSA 1978, Section 59A-51-4 (Repl...

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