Jane DOE, by and through her parents and next friend, J.H., Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, Santa Clara Development Corporation, d/b/a Big Rock Casino, Defendants-Petitioners.
Ivan Lopez and Lucy Lopez, Plaintiffs-Respondents,
v.
San Felipe Pueblo d/b/a San Felipe Casino Hollywood and CIS Insurance Group, Defendants-Petitioners.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 23, 2007.
February 23, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Schoenberg & Bienvenu, LLP, Richard W. Hughes, Santa Fe, NM, Maxine Velasquez, San Felipe, NM, for Petitioners.
Bennett & Kosh, Merit Bennett, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent Doe.
Kennedy & Han, P.C., Paul J. Kennedy, Mary Y.C. Han, Rene Ostrochovsky, Albuquerque, NM, for Respondents Lopez.
Michael B. Browde, M.E. Occhialino, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association.
Catherine B. Stetson, Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae Pueblo of Tesuque, Pueblo of San Felipe.
John D. Wheeler & Associates. P.C., John D. Wheeler, Alamogordo, NM, for Amicus Curiae Mescalero Apache Tribe.
Chestnut Law Offices, Peter C. Chestnut, Ann Berkley Rodgers, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Acoma.
Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash & Bladh, Wayne H. Bladh, Thomas J. Peckham, Rodina Cole Cave, Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae Jicarilla Apache Nation, Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of Santa Ana, Taos Pueblo.
Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Mielke, David Charles Mielke, Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Sandia.
Bergen Law Offices, L.L.C., Leander Bergen, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of San Juan.
Jana C. Werner, Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Pojoaque Legal Department.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
OPINION
BOSSON, Justice.
{1} In Gallegos v. Pueblo of Tesuque, 2002-NMSC-012, ¶ 10 n. 3, 132 N.M. 207, 46 P.3d 668, this Court left unanswered the question whether gaming compacts between the State of New Mexico and various New Mexico Pueblos that created concurrent jurisdiction in state courts over personal injury actions against tribal-owned casinos were valid and...
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