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New Mexico Supreme court Affirms Dismissal of Phone Rate Suit
Loaded on June 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2003, page 17
New Mexico Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Phone Rate Suit
Filed under:
Mootness,
Telephone Rates,
Immunity/Liability,
Sovereign Immunity,
State Legislation.
Location:
New Mexico.
The New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed a district court's dismissal of an excessive phone rates case for failure to state a claim. Recipients of collect telephone calls from New Mexico jails and prisons brought suit for damages and injunctive relief ...
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