CHARFAUROS v. BOARD OF ELECTIONS

No. 99-15789.

249 F.3d 941 (2001)

Danny C. CHARFAUROS, John Andrew Atalig and Gina Toves Aldan, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BOARD OF ELECTIONS, Vicente A. Atalig, George O. Hocog, James M. Mendiola, Miguel M. Sablan, Juan M. San Nicolas, Maria B. Diaz, and Joaquin I. Taitano, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 10, 2001.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing July 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy J. Gottfried (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for the defendants-appellants.

Robert Goldberg (on brief), Office of the Attorney General, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for the defendants-appellants.

Bruce Lee Jorgensen (argued), Palau/Micronesia Law & Mediation Center, Koror, Palau, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

John M. Chambers (on brief), Law Office of John M. Chambers, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: Procter Hug, Jr., Stephen S. Trott, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted November 14, 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc July 6, 2001.

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal from the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ("CNMI"), Danny C. Charfauros, Gina T. Aldan, and John A. Atalig (collectively, "Appellees") claim that the individual members of the CNMI Board of Elections (collectively, the "Board") violated 42 U.S.C. §...

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