New Mexico Case Brings in Big Guns with Briefs

Dear Client: If you sell alcohol beverages in the state of New Mexico, you must have a license. You'll recall that after an intoxicated passenger on a US Air flight got into a fatal accident, New Mexico suspended the airlines' license and said that their planes must not serve alcohol while in New Mexico. A United States District Judge Christinia Armijo has rejected US Airways claims that federal aviation statutes and regulations (specifically the Airline Deregulation Act and the Federal