WABOL v. VILLACRUSIS

No. 87-1736.

898 F.2d 1381 (1990)

Concepcion S. WABOL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Victorino VILLACRUSIS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marybeth Herald, Fitzgerald, Herald & Bergsma, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for defendants-appellants.

Theodore R. Mitchell, Charles K. Novo-Gradac (argued), White, Novo-Gradac and Thompson, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before POOLE, WIGGINS and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.


POOLE, Circuit Judge:

In Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands v. Atalig, 723 F.2d 682 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1244, 104 S.Ct. 3518, 82 L.Ed.2d 826 (1984), we held that the Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury does not apply in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI or Commonwealth). This case requires us to determine whether the constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws...

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