NORITA v. NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

No. 02-16292.

331 F.3d 690 (2003)

Claudio K. NORITA; Manuel Mangarero; Lawrence M. Camacho, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Commonwealth of the NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne H. Rayphand, Brien Sers Nicholas, Saipan, MP, for the Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Karen M. Klaver, Benjamin I. Sachs, Assistant Attorneys General, Saipan, MP, for the Defendant-Appellee.

Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, GOODWIN and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal by employees who want to collect overtime from their government employer is remarkable only because it presents once again the question whether must decide a complex jurisdictional question first, or can we "fast forward" to the merits, which could be quickly disposed of with an unpublished memorandum citing clearly established circuit precedent as the district court did.

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