STATE EX REL. CISNEROS v. MARTINEZ

No. 34,646.

340 P.3d 597 (2014)

2015-NMSC-001

STATE of New Mexico, ex rel., Hon. Carlos R. CISNEROS, and Hon. George K. Munoz, As members of the New Mexico Legislature and Citizens of New Mexico, Hon. Alan M. Malott, Hon. J.C. Robinson, Hon. Jeff Foster McElroy, and Hon. Louis P. McDonald, as New Mexico State District Court Judges and Citizens of New Mexico, The District Judges Association of New Mexico, Inc., a/k/a The District and Metropolitan Judges Association of New Mexico, Hon. Duane K. Castleberry, Hon. David Joel Garnett, Hon. Karen P. Mitchell, and Hon. Warren Walton, as New Mexico Magistrate Court Judges and Citizens of the State of New Mexico, and The New Mexico Magistrate Judges Association, Petitioners, v. Hon. Susana MARTINEZ, Governor of the State of New Mexico, and Hon. Dianna J. Duran, Secretary of State of New Mexico, Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray M. Vargas, II , The Vargas Law Firm, L.L.C., Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioners.

Jessica Hernandez , Matthew J. Stackpole , Jeremiah L. Ritchie , Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent Hon. Susana Martinez.

Gary K. King , Attorney General, Scott Fuqua , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent Dianna J. Duran.


OPINION

{¶ 1} In the waning hours of the 2014 legislative session, the Legislature passed the General Appropriations Act of 2014, 2014 N.M. Laws, ch. 63, §§ 1-14 (Appropriations Act), which included a pair of salary increases for judges and justices of the New Mexico state judiciary (collectively, judges...

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