TAISACAN v. CAMACHO

No. 80-4495.

660 F.2d 411 (1981)

Leon I. TAISACAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carlos S. CAMACHO, in his official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall T. Fennell, Ching, Rosenzweig & Boertzel, Saipan, CM, for plaintiff-appellant.

Peter Van Name Esser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mariana Island, CM, for defendant-appellee.

Before ADAMS, GOODWIN and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

Leon Taisacan, a resident of the Island of Rota, sought a declaratory judgment that two vetoes by Carlos S. Camacho, Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, were illegal. The district court, addressing the merits of the claim, granted summary judgment in favor of the Governor. Taisacan filed a timely appeal.

Rota is one of the three main islands comprising the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands [CNMI]. See generally Sablan...

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