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AGANA BAY DEVELOP. CO. LTD., v. SUP. CT. OF GUAM

No. 75-1059.

529 F.2d 952 (1976)

AGANA BAY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (HONG KONG) LTD., Petitioner-Appellee, v. SUPREME COURT OF GUAM, Respondent-Appellant, DILLINGHAM CORPORATION OF THE PACIFIC, Real Party in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard G. Trapp, Esq. (argued), of Trapp, Gayle, Teker, Weeks & Friedman, Agana, Guam, for petitioner-appellee.

David T. Wood, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Government of Guam, Agana, Guam, for respondent-appellant.

Before CARTER, GOODWIN and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 3, 1976.

OPINION

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge.

In this case we hold that the Territory of Guam is authorized to eliminate the appellate jurisdiction of the District Court of Guam, pertaining to local, non-federal issues, by transferring that jurisdiction to a court created by the territorial legislature. The Court Reorganization Act, Guam Public Law 12-85 (January 16, 1974), changes the designation of...

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