GIODA v. SAIPAN STEVEDORING CO., INC.

No. 86-2435.

855 F.2d 625 (1988)

Michael J. GIODA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SAIPAN STEVEDORING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Sterling, Klemm, Blair, Sterling & Johnson, Agana, Guam, for defendant-appellant.

Douglas F. Cushnie, Saipan, CM, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POOLE, KOZINSKI and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We are presented with a question of first impression involving the appellate jurisdictions of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands and of this court. The appellate division of the district court determined that a statutory change enacted while this appeal was pending divested it of jurisdiction. It consequently ordered transfer of the matter to this court.

We conclude that we must reject transfer because the appellate...

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