ACLU OF NEW MEXICO v. CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE

No. 30,415.

188 P.3d 1222 (2008)

2008-NMSC-045

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW MEXICO and Peter G. Simonson, Plaintiffs-Petitioners, v. CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 27, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy & Han, P.C., Paul J. Kennedy, Sanders & Westbrook, P.C., Maureen A. Sanders, ACLU of New Mexico, George L. Bach, Jr., The Revo Law Firm, P.A., Roger I. Smith, Ousama M. Rasheed Law Office, Ousama M. Rasheed, Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioners.

Office of the City Attorney, Robert M. White, Peter H. Pierotti, Albuquerque, NM, for Respondent.


OPINION

BOSSON, Justice.

{1} This appeal raises questions as to the continued viability of New Mexico's enduring justiciability principles that govern who has standing to bring suit in our state courts. Our current standing doctrine generally requires litigants to allege three elements: (1) they are directly injured as a result of the action they seek to challenge; (2) there is a causal relationship between the injury and the challenged conduct...

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