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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS v. U.S.

No. 99-17501.

279 F.3d 1070 (2002)

Commonwealth of the NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. David Sosebee, Deputy Attorney General, Civil Division-Capitol Hill, Saipan, MP; Daniel H. MacMeekin, MacMeekin & Woodworth, Washington, DC, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey C. Dobbins, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: B. FLETCHER, CANBY and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

CANBY, Circuit Judge.

The question in this case is whether the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ("CNMI") is to be treated as a State for purposes of the Quiet Title Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2409a. One effect of such treatment would be to exempt CNMI from the Act's twelve-year statute of limitations. The district court determined that CNMI was not to be treated as a State. The Commonwealth now appeals this decision. We conclude that, although...

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