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STATE EX REL. COLL v. JOHNSON

No. 24,884.

990 P.2d 1277 (1999)

128 N.M. 154

1999-NMSC-036

STATE of New Mexico, ex rel., Max COLL, David Parsons, Jerry Lee Alwin, Mimi Stewart, Judith McDaniel, Guy Clark, Martha Cole, Scholastic, Inc., and Dulaney Barrett, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gary E. JOHNSON, Governor of the State of New Mexico, Defendant-Appellant, and Michael A. Montoya, State Treasurer, Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, John J. Chavez, Secretary, Taxation and Revenue Department, the State Gaming Representative, and the Gaming Control Board and its members, Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

September 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. McCumber, Santa Fe, for Appellant.

Victor R. Marshall & Associates, P.C., Victor R. Marshall, Albuquerque, for Appellees.

Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Cron & Schoenburg, L.L.P., Richard W. Hughes, Santa Fe, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Santa Ana.

Rosenfelt, Barlow & Borg, P.A., Sarah W. Barlow, Albuquerque, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Taos.

Joseph D. Little, Santa Fe, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Pojoaque.

Stetson Law Offices, P.C., Catherine B. Stetson, Albuquerque, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Tesuque.

Williams, Janov & Cooney, P.C., Gwenellen P. Janov, Albuquerque, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of San Felipe.

Fermin A. Rubio, Las Cruces, for Amicus Curiae City of Las Cruces.

OPINION

FRANCHINI, Justice.

{1} The plaintiffs in this case are four members of the New Mexico House of Representatives, five private citizens, and a non-profit corporation (Plaintiffs). Plaintiffs filed this action in district court, attacking the legality of legislation authorizing Indian gaming in New Mexico. See NMSA 1978, §§ 11-13-1 and 11-13-2 (1997) ("HB 399"). We hold that the matter must be dismissed because

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