COM. OF NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS v. LIZAMA

No. 93-10469.

27 F.3d 444 (1994)

COMMONWEALTH OF the NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Isidro R. LIZAMA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Anthony Long, Saipan, MP, for defendant-appellant.

Cheryl M. Gill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Capitol Hill, Saipan, CM, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FARRIS, BEEZER and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge RYMER.

RYMER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal turns on the construction and interpretation of local law by the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). We must decide whether the CNMI Supreme Court violated Isidro Lizama's due process rights by upholding Regulation 8301, a CNMI Revenue and Taxation Regulation giving customs officials the authority to conduct airport searches.1 Our review...

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