RAYELLEN RESOURCES, INC., DESTINY CAPITAL, INC., LYNNE E. ELKINS, PAULA D. ELKINS, JOY BURNS, CEBOLLETA LAND GRANT, FERNANDEZ COMPANY LTD., JUDITH WILLIAMS PHIFER, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of JAMES H. WILLIAMS, ORIN CURTIS CLEVE WILLIAMS, RIO GRANDE RESOURCES CORPORATION, STRATHMORE RESOURCES (U.S.) LTD., LARAMIDE RESOURCES (U.S.A.) LTD., ROCA HONDA RESOURCES, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and HON. PATRICK H. LYONS, Commissioner of Public Lands for the State of New Mexico, Plaintiff, v. NEW MEXICO CULTURAL PROPERTIES REVIEW COMMITTEE and ALAN "MAC" WATSON, Individually and as Chairman of the New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee, Defendants-Appellants, and PUEBLO OF ACOMA and PUEBLO OF LAGUNA, Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Intervenors [2014]

5 N.M. 492 · New Mexico Supreme Court · Jurisdiction from source

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How might RAYELLEN RESOURCES, INC., DESTINY CAPITAL, INC., LYNNE E. ELKINS, PAULA D. ELKINS, JOY BURNS, CEBOLLETA LAND GRANT, FERNANDEZ COMPANY LTD., JUDITH WILLIAMS PHIFER, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of JAMES H. WILLIAMS, ORIN CURTIS CLEVE WILLIAMS, RIO GRANDE RESOURCES CORPORATION, STRATHMORE RESOURCES (U.S.) LTD., LARAMIDE RESOURCES (U.S.A.) LTD., ROCA HONDA RESOURCES, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and HON. PATRICK H. LYONS, Commissioner of Public Lands for the State of New Mexico, Plaintiff, v. NEW MEXICO CULTURAL PROPERTIES REVIEW COMMITTEE and ALAN "MAC" WATSON, Individually and as Chairman of the New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee, Defendants-Appellants, and PUEBLO OF ACOMA and PUEBLO OF LAGUNA, Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Intervenors help a student research, compare, or distinguish an issue in Mineral Law, and what must be verified in the linked source before citation?

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How might RAYELLEN RESOURCES, INC., DESTINY CAPITAL, INC., LYNNE E. ELKINS, PAULA D. ELKINS, JOY BURNS, CEBOLLETA LAND GRANT, FERNANDEZ COMPANY LTD., JUDITH WILLIAMS PHIFER, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of JAMES H. WILLIAMS, ORIN CURTIS CLEVE WILLIAMS, RIO GRANDE RESOURCES CORPORATION, STRATHMORE RESOURCES (U.S.) LTD., LARAMIDE RESOURCES (U.S.A.) LTD., ROCA HONDA RESOURCES, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and HON. PATRICK H. LYONS, Commissioner of Public Lands for the State of New Mexico, Plaintiff, v. NEW MEXICO CULTURAL PROPERTIES REVIEW COMMITTEE and ALAN "MAC" WATSON, Individually and as Chairman of the New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee, Defendants-Appellants, and PUEBLO OF ACOMA and PUEBLO OF LAGUNA, Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Intervenors help a student research, compare, or distinguish an issue in Mineral Law, and what must be verified in the linked source before citation?

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How might RAYELLEN RESOURCES, INC., DESTINY CAPITAL, INC., LYNNE E. ELKINS, PAULA D. ELKINS, JOY BURNS, CEBOLLETA LAND GRANT, FERNANDEZ COMPANY LTD., JUDITH WILLIAMS PHIFER, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of JAMES H. WILLIAMS, ORIN CURTIS CLEVE WILLIAMS, RIO GRANDE RESOURCES CORPORATION, STRATHMORE RESOURCES (U.S.) LTD., LARAMIDE RESOURCES (U.S.A.) LTD., ROCA HONDA RESOURCES, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and HON. PATRICK H. LYONS, Commissioner of Public Lands for the State of New Mexico, Plaintiff, v. NEW MEXICO CULTURAL PROPERTIES REVIEW COMMITTEE and ALAN "MAC" WATSON, Individually and as Chairman of the New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee, Defendants-Appellants, and PUEBLO OF ACOMA and PUEBLO OF LAGUNA, Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Intervenors help a student research, compare, or distinguish an issue in Mineral Law, and what must be verified in the linked source before citation?

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Reference to RAYELLEN RESOURCES, INC., DESTINY CAPITAL, INC., LYNNE E. ELKINS, PAULA D. ELKINS, JOY BURNS, CEBOLLETA LAND GRANT, FERNANDEZ COMPANY LTD., JUDITH WILLIAMS PHIFER, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of JAMES H. WILLIAMS, ORIN CURTIS CLEVE WILLIAMS, RIO GRANDE RESOURCES CORPORATION, STRATHMORE RESOURCES (U.S.) LTD., LARAMIDE RESOURCES (U.S.A.) LTD., ROCA HONDA RESOURCES, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and HON. PATRICK H. LYONS, Commissioner of Public Lands for the State of New Mexico, Plaintiff, v. NEW MEXICO CULTURAL PROPERTIES REVIEW COMMITTEE and ALAN "MAC" WATSON, Individually and as Chairman of the New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee, Defendants-Appellants, and PUEBLO OF ACOMA and PUEBLO OF LAGUNA, Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Intervenors (5 N.M. 492) strengthens a Mineral Law answer because the case reflects the principle that Extract the ratio from the linked judgment by identifying the legal test, material facts, and reason for the outcome. Treat this record as a research lead unless the source confirms a direct Mineral Law rule. Applied to a problem question, the case should be used after identifying the issue as How might RAYELLEN RESOURCES, INC., DESTINY CAPITAL, INC., LYNNE E. ELKINS, PAULA D. ELKINS, JOY BURNS, CEBOLLETA LAND GRANT, FERNANDEZ COMPANY LTD., JUDITH WILLIAMS PHIFER, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of JAMES H. WILLIAMS, ORIN CURTIS CLEVE WILLIAMS, RIO GRANDE RESOURCES CORPORATION, STRATHMORE RESOURCES (U.S.) LTD., LARAMIDE RESOURCES (U.S.A.) LTD., ROCA HONDA RESOURCES, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and HON. PATRICK H. LYONS, Commissioner of Public Lands for the State of New Mexico, Plaintiff, v. NEW MEXICO CULTURAL PROPERTIES REVIEW COMMITTEE and ALAN "MAC" WATSON, Individually and as Chairman of the New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee, Defendants-Appellants, and PUEBLO OF ACOMA and PUEBLO OF LAGUNA, Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Intervenors help a student research, compare, or distinguish an issue in Mineral Law, and what must be verified in the linked source before citation? The stronger essay move is to connect the material facts to the court's holding, then explain whether the present facts support the same conclusion or justify distinguishing the authority.

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