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Facts

• Petitioner Ralph Marquez sought to reverse the district court's decision that upheld the rezoning of Applicant Martinez's residence. The Court of Appeals granted a writ of certiorari to review the district court's order.

Procedural History

• District Court of San Miguel County: Upheld the rezoning of Applicant Martinez’s residence.

Parties' Submissions

• Appellant-Petitioner: Argued that the district court erred in upholding the rezoning of Martinez's residence due to insufficient public notice, which was prejudicial to the community.
• Appellee-Respondent (City of Las Vegas): [Not applicable or not found]
• Applicant/Appellee-Respondent (Gilberto Lorenzo Martinez): [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the actual notice to the Petitioner was sufficient to resolve the claim of insufficient public notice under NMSA 1978, Section 3-21-6(B) (1981) being prejudicial to the community as a whole.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals reversed the district court's order and remanded the matter for reconsideration on the issue of substantial compliance with the applicable notice requirements.

Reasons

• Per Hanisee, C.J., with Bogardus and Zamora, JJ., concurring: The Court of Appeals initially proposed to reverse the district court's decision based on the insufficiency of actual notice to resolve the Petitioner's claim regarding the prejudicial nature of insufficient public notice to the community. The Court received no memorandum in opposition to its proposed rationale for reversal but did receive a memorandum in support from the Petitioner, who agreed with the proposed reversal. The Petitioner also contended that the record contained sufficient facts for the Court to independently determine the insufficiency of the notice provided, suggesting a remand was unnecessary. However, the Court declined to review the adequacy of public notice independently, as the district court had not addressed this issue initially. The preference for having legal issues decided by the district court in the first instance was cited as the reason for remand (para 3).