SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY RESOURCES, INC., a New Mexico Corporation, Southwest Organizing Project, a Project of Southwest Community Resources, Inc., and Jeanne Gauna, in Her Individual Capacity and as Co-Director of Southwest Organizing Project, Plaintiffs, v. SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, LP, Owner of Cottonwood Mall, and D/B/A Cottonwood Mall; Heitman Properties of New Mexico, LLC, Owner of Coronado Center, and D/B/A Coronado Center; Prudential Insurance Company of America, Owner of Winrock Center, and D/B/A Winrock Center; And the City of Albuquerque, Defendants [2000]
108 F. Supp. 2d 1239 · District Court, D. New Mexico · United States
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How might SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY RESOURCES, INC., a New Mexico Corporation, Southwest Organizing Project, a Project of Southwest Community Resources, Inc., and Jeanne Gauna, in Her Individual Capacity and as Co-Director of Southwest Organizing Project, Plaintiffs, v. SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, LP, Owner of Cottonwood Mall, and D/B/A Cottonwood Mall; Heitman Properties of New Mexico, LLC, Owner of Coronado Center, and D/B/A Coronado Center; Prudential Insurance Company of America, Owner of Winrock Center, and D/B/A Winrock Center; And the City of Albuquerque, Defendants help a student research, compare, or distinguish an issue in Latin American Legal Systems, and what must be verified in the linked source before citation?
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How might SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY RESOURCES, INC., a New Mexico Corporation, Southwest Organizing Project, a Project of Southwest Community Resources, Inc., and Jeanne Gauna, in Her Individual Capacity and as Co-Director of Southwest Organizing Project, Plaintiffs, v. SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, LP, Owner of Cottonwood Mall, and D/B/A Cottonwood Mall; Heitman Properties of New Mexico, LLC, Owner of Coronado Center, and D/B/A Coronado Center; Prudential Insurance Company of America, Owner of Winrock Center, and D/B/A Winrock Center; And the City of Albuquerque, Defendants help a student research, compare, or distinguish an issue in Latin American Legal Systems, and what must be verified in the linked source before citation?
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How might SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY RESOURCES, INC., a New Mexico Corporation, Southwest Organizing Project, a Project of Southwest Community Resources, Inc., and Jeanne Gauna, in Her Individual Capacity and as Co-Director of Southwest Organizing Project, Plaintiffs, v. SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, LP, Owner of Cottonwood Mall, and D/B/A Cottonwood Mall; Heitman Properties of New Mexico, LLC, Owner of Coronado Center, and D/B/A Coronado Center; Prudential Insurance Company of America, Owner of Winrock Center, and D/B/A Winrock Center; And the City of Albuquerque, Defendants help a student research, compare, or distinguish an issue in Latin American Legal Systems, and what must be verified in the linked source before citation?
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