REPUBLICAN PARTY OF GUAM v. GUTIERREZ

No. 00-16796.

277 F.3d 1086 (2002)

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF GUAM; I Mina' Bente Singko Na Liheslaturan Guahan, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Carl T.C. GUTIERREZ, as Governor of Guam, and the Government of Guam, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Heisel, Deputy Attorney General, Hagatna, Guam, for the defendants-appellants.

Curtis C. Van de Veld, Hagatna, Guam, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: DAVID R. THOMPSON, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted November 5, 2001 — Honolulu, Hawaii.

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

The issue we decide in this appeal is whether the district court had subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiffs' declaratory judgment action against the Governor of Guam, Carl T.C. Gutierrez, and the Government of Guam.

The Guam legislature, I Mina' Bente Singko Na Liheslaturan Guahan, over the Governor's veto, enacted Guam Public Law No. 25-146...

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