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Facts

• The Plaintiff filed a complaint against the Defendant, raising implied contract and equity claims. The case was brought before the district court of Doña Ana County.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff: Argued that the district court erroneously ruled it does not have subject matter jurisdiction over the lawsuit, confusing the concepts of subject matter jurisdiction with the application of out-of-state law for contract-related claims (para 2).
• Defendant: In a memorandum in opposition, did not dispute the proposed holding regarding subject matter jurisdiction but claimed that the Plaintiff had an opportunity to address the forum non conveniens issue during a presentment hearing on the dismissal order (paras 2, 5).

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court has subject matter jurisdiction over the lawsuit.
• Whether the district court's dismissal of the complaint based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens was appropriate.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals reversed the district court's order dismissing the Plaintiff's complaint and remanded the case to give the Plaintiff an opportunity to address the forum non conveniens issue on the merits and for any further proceedings consistent with the opinion (para 6).

Reasons

• ATTREP, Judge (with KRISTINA BOGARDUS, Judge and JANE B. YOHALEM, Judge concurring):
  The Court found that the district court confused the concepts of subject matter jurisdiction with the issue of applying out-of-state law for contract-related claims, leading to an erroneous ruling on subject matter jurisdiction (para 2).
  The Court disagreed with the district court's alternative dismissal based on forum non conveniens, noting that such a dismissal requires a fact-intensive analysis and should not be raised sua sponte by the court without giving the Plaintiff a fair opportunity to address the issue (paras 3-5).
  The Court concluded that the record does not support the Defendant's claim that an adequate opportunity was provided to the Plaintiff to address the forum non conveniens issue during the presentment hearing, leading to the decision to reverse and remand for further proceedings (para 5).