Materials in Challenge to Designation of New Mexico’s Mt. Taylor as Cultural Property

Here are the materials in Reyellen Resources Inc. v. New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee:

2011-02-04 Rayellen Resources v. NM CPRC dist ct dcn

2012-03-08 NMCA order certifying Mt. Taylor TCP to NMSC

An excerpt from the trial court opinion:

Petitioners, variolls surface and mineral owners, filed a First Amended Petition for Writ of Certiorari challenging the Respondents’ listing of “more than 700 square miles spanning portions of three New Mexico counties encompassing the entirely of Mt. Taylor–from its peak to its surrounding mesas–as a traditional cultural property on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties.” Respondents herein are the New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee. Alan “Mac” Watson, individually and as Chairman oflhe Cultural Properties Review Committee and the Pueblo of Acoma, will be hereinafter collectively referred as “Respondents”. This Court granted certiorari and now reverses and remands tor the reasons stated below.