PEÑA BLANCA PARTNERSHIP v. SAN JOSE DE HERNANDEZ COMMUNITY DITCH

No. 28,005.

202 P.3d 814 (2008)

2009-NMCA-016

PEÑA BLANCA PARTNERSHIP, Appellant-Appellee, v. SAN JOSE De Hernandez COMMUNITY DITCH a/k/a San Antonio del Guache, Gerald Winsemius, Joseph Salazar, and Arturo A. Martinez, Appellees-Appellants, consolidated with Richard Cook, Appellant-Appellee, v. La Acequia Del Gavilan, Jerry Gonzales, Craig Borner, and Tim Vierick, Commissioners, Appellees-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied, No. 31,412, January 12, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stein & Brockmann, P.A., Jay F. Stein, Kimberly M. Bannerman, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellees.

Holland & Hart, LLP, Kristina Martinez, Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico Legal Aid, Inc., David Benavides, Ryan Golton, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant San Jose de Hernandez Community Ditch.

Humphrey & Odé, P.C., Mary E. Humphrey, Connie Odé, El Prado, NM, for Appellant La Acequia del Gavilan.

G. Emlen Hall, Peter Thomas White, Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae New Mexico Acequia Commission.


OPINION

KENNEDY, Judge.

{1} This interlocutory appeal requires the Court to decide whether NMSA 1978, Section 73-2-21(E) (2003), regarding the standard of review in an appeal to the district court from a decision by the commissioners of an acequia, violates either article XVI, section 5 or the equal protection clause of article II, section 18 of the New Mexico Constitution. As we conclude that the statute violates neither constitutional provision...

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