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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS v. U.S.

No. 03-16556.

399 F.3d 1057 (2005)

Commonwealth of the NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, Plaintiff-counter-claim-defendant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-counter-claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 24, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Livingstone, Assistant Attorney General, Saipan, MP, for the plaintiff-counter-claim-defendant/appellant.

David C. Shilton, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendant-counter-claimant/appellee.

Before BEEZER, GRABER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

BEEZER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal addresses ownership rights to the submerged lands off the shores of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [hereinafter "CNMI" or "Commonwealth"]. The CNMI filed this quiet title action against the United States, requesting declaratory and injunctive relief to establish the CNMI as the owner of the submerged lands underlying the "internal," "archipelagic," and "territorial" waters adjacent to the Commonwealth. The United...

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