ALBUQUERQUE COMMONS PARTNERSHIP, Petitioner-Petitioner,
v.
CITY COUNCIL OF the CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, Respondent-Respondent.
Albuquerque Commons Partnership, Petitioner-Petitioner,
v.
City Council of the City of Albuquerque, Respondent-Respondent.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 18, 2008.
Rehearing Denied May 2, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mettler & Lecuyer, P.C., Stephen T. Lecuyer, Philip D. Davis, Timothy V. Flynn-O'Brien, George R. "Pat" Bryan, III, Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioner.
Robert M. White, City Attorney, Mark A. Hirsch, Deputy City Attorney, UNM School of Law, Michael B. Browde, Campbell & Wells, P.A., John S. Campbell, Miller & Stratvert, P.A., Alice Tomlinson Lorenz, Albuquerque, NM, Robinson & Cole, L.L.P., Dwight H. Merriam, Peter S. Olson, Hartford, CT, for Respondent.
Van Amberg, Rogers, Yepa & Abeita, L.L.P., Ronald J. Van Amberg, Santa Fe, NM, Leof T. Strand, Attorney at Law, P.C., Leof T. Strand, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae, Volcano Cliffs Property Owners Association.
New Mexico Municipal League, Randall D. Van Vleck, Santa Fe, NM, International Municipal Lawyers Association, Charles W. Thompson, Jr., Devala A. Janardan, Bethesda, MD, for Amici Curiae, New Mexico Municipal League, International Municipal Lawyers Association and The National League of Cities.
Hunt & Davis, P.C., Catherine F. Davis, Julie J. Vargas, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae, Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce.
Cassutt, Hays & Friedman, P.A., Kenneth J. Cassutt, Santa Fe, NM, Garvey Schubert & Barer, Carrie A. Richter, Edward J. Sullivan, Portland, OR, for Amici Curiae, American Planning Association and N.M. Chapter of the American Planning Association.
Anita P. Miller, Attorney at Law, P.C., Anita P. Miller, Albuquerque, NM, Noble & Wickersham, L.L.P., Jay Wickersham, Cambridge, MA, for Amicus Curiae, Boston Society of Architects.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
OPINION
BOSSON, Justice.
{1} In Miller v. City of Albuquerque, 89 N.M. 503, 554 P.2d 665 (1976), this Court held that when a zoning authority rezones a piece of property to a more restrictive use (known as "downzoning"), the zone change must be justified by either a change in the surrounding community or a mistake in the original zoning. We later reaffirmed this rule in Davis v. City of Albuquerque...
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