New Mexico Table of Authorities: Rule 12-318

Separate New Mexico cases from other decisions

The answer rule’s exception concerns the summary of proceedings, not the table. The reply rule expressly retains the table even though a reply only answers arguments or authorities presented in the answer. Build each table from that particular brief, rather than recycling the opening brief’s page list. Cross-appeal documents comply with this rule under (I). A supplemental-authorities notice under (D)(2) is a different filing; the ordinary-brief table requirement does not automatically attach to every appellate notice or trial memorandum.

Paragraph pinpoints are not table page references

New Mexico’s official citation form includes the release year, court initials and sequential number. Rule 23-112(B) requires that form for appellate opinions, with a paragraph symbol and number when a pinpoint is used. Its appendix explains the mandatory New Mexico Reports parallel citation through Volume 150, the final volume of that series; Pacific Reporter citation is discretionary. The rule contains a specific citation exception for self-represented litigants. Review the rule rather than treating every permissible self-represented citation as the normal counsel form.

The appendix’s sourced example is Bianco v. Horror One Prods., 2009-NMSC-006, ¶ 10, 145 N.M. 551. Here “¶ 10” identifies a paragraph in the opinion. If that citation occurs on pages 7 and 12 of your brief, the table’s page column would be “7, 12.” Those brief pages are hypothetical, not an example from a filed case. Do not replace the table’s brief-page references with opinion paragraph numbers, and do not interpret “006” as a volume or page. Rule 23-112 supplies local citation rules and otherwise directs use of the current Bluebook.

From a brief PDF to an editable Word table

The approved PDFs are amendment-format documents: deleted text is struck through and additions are underlined. The quoted table provision is unchanged in the 2024 rule amendment. The source date is not the date this guide was checked. Consult the operative NMRA compilation and any later rule order before filing; access to the court’s general rules portal failed during this review, while both linked official rule PDFs were accessible.