SUNLAND PARK v. SANTA TERESA SERVICES

No. 22,435.

75 P.3d 843 (2003)

134 N.M. 243

2003-NMCA-106

CITY OF SUNLAND PARK, Petitioner-Appellee, v. SANTA TERESA SERVICES COMPANY, a New Mexico corporation, Charles Crowder and Phyllis Crowder, Defendants-Appellees, v. Doña Ana County; The Board of County Commissioners of Doña Ana County; Catalina Development, Inc.; Paseo Del Norte Limited Partnership; Mesilla Bolson Properties; Checkpoint Limited Partnership; Santa Teresa Land Co.; Santa Teresa Limited Partnership and George B. Powell, individually and on behalf of the Class of Customers of Santa Teresa Services Company, Defendants-in-Intervention-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied August 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher P. Bauman, Mark C. Dow, Molly B. McIntosh, Bauman, Dow, McIntosh & Leon, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Tim J. De Young, Douglas R. Vadnais, Thomas Smidt, III, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Albuquerque, NM, for Defendants-Appellee Santa Teresa Services Company.

Thomas R. Figart, Las Cruces, NM, for Defendants-in-Intervention Appellants Doña Ana County and The Board of County Commissioners of Doña Ana County.

William R. Babington, Jr., Mila Allen Maturan, Holt & Babington, P.C., Las Cruces, NM, Frank S. Ainsa, Jr., Ainsa Partners, LLP, El Paso, TX, for Defendants-in-Intervention Appellants Mesilla Bolson Properties; Catalina Development, Inc.; El Mirador Limited Partnership; and Santa Teresa Associates Limited Partnership.

Donald M. Salazar, Brenden J. Murphy, Rubin, Katz, Salazar, Alley, Rouse & Herdman, P.C., Santa Fe, NM, for Defendants-in-Intervention Appellants Checkpoint Limited Partnership; Santa Teresa Limited Partnership; Paseo Del Norte Limited Partnership; Santa Teresa Land Company; George B. Powell, individually and on behalf of the Class of Customers.


Certiorari Denied, No. 28,166, August 18, 2003.

OPINION

BUSTAMANTE, Judge.

{1} Originally filed in 1996, this vigorously litigated eminent domain case arrives on this Court's doorstep laden with potentially difficult substantive and procedural issues surrounding condemnation actions in New Mexico. We affirm, finding that the Appellants are not "condemnees" within the meaning of the Eminent Domain Code, and therefore do not have standing to...

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