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D. New Mexico

The federal trial court for its part of New Mexico. A federal challenge to a law usually starts here, and most orders blocking a new law are first issued at this level.

Federal district court · New Mexico · District Court, D. New Mexico

Where it sits

  1. Supreme CourtCan take any case below on a federal question. It hears very few.
  2. Tenth CircuitReviews this court’s decisions.
  3. D. New Mexico (this court)Federal district court

What it has decided

Latest decisions

Opinions filed most recently, newest first.

Opinions per year

2016 to 2026. This year so far is the dark bar.

Most relied on

Its decisions from the last ten years that later opinions cite most.

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