COM. OF NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS v. ATALIG

No. 83-1094X.

723 F.2d 682 (1984)

COMMONWEALTH OF the NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daniel ATALIG, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rexford C. Kosack, Saipan, CM, Peter Donnici, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

William M. Fitzgerald, Saipan, CM, for defendant-appellee.

Jacques B. Gelin, Washington, D.C., for intervenor, United States.

Before WALLACE, SNEED and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

This case raises issues concerning the appellate jurisdiction of this court and the application of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to a trust territory.

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