STATE EX REL. HARAGAN v. HARRIS

No. 24365.

968 P.2d 1173 (1998)

126 N.M. 310

1998-NMSC-043

STATE of New Mexico ex rel. Maudene HARAGAN, Pauline Clark, David C. Sanders, Jake Lopez, Board of County Commissioners of Roosevelt County, Pat Snipes-Chappelle, Gordon N. Crane, Judy Dorothy Woodward, Sandy Padilla, W.L. Mobley, Rita Torres, Joyce Deavours, W.A. Snipes, Patricia Aragon, James McSwane, and Eugene Gilbert, Petitioners-Appellees, v. David HARRIS, Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, and Jeff Condrey, Director of the Local Government Division, Respondents-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Bryant, Ruidoso, for Petitioners-Appellees.

Hon. Tom Udall, Attorney General, Elizabeth A. Glenn, Assistant Attorney General, Peter Franklin, Department of Finance and Administration, Santa Fe, for Respondents-Appellants.


OPINION

McKINNON, Justice.

{1} Petitioners are elected officers from various counties who happened to be at midterm on the effective date of a salary increase. They, along with all elected county officers in their respective counties, were granted a salary increase by their local county commissions in accordance with NMSA 1978, § 4-44-12.3 (1991). All of the pay raises were to be effective on January...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases