CAMACHO v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

No. 81-4155.

666 F.2d 1257 (1982)

Carlos S. CAMACHO, Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 1, 1982.

As Amended February 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall T. Fennell, Ching, Rosenzweig & Boertzel, Saipan, for defendants-appellants.

Peter Van Name Esser, Michael De Agnelo, Saipan, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WALLACE and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and TANNER, District Judge.


FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

I. BACKGROUND.

This case involves a separation of powers dispute between the executive and legislative branches of the government of the Northern Mariana Islands ("NMI"). At issue also is whether this court has jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a local law decision of the District Court for the NMI.

The origin of this case lies in an electoral switch in the November, 1979 general...

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