People of Territory of Guam v. Quinata’s Empirical Analysis
704 F.2d 1085 · 1983
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1257 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Abney v. United States · Morton v. Mancari · Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · Watt v. Alaska · Posadas v. National City Bank
Most-quoted passages
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“an important federal interest in the prompt and definitive resolution of significant issues of Guam law,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“11 In this respect, this case is distinguishable from Quinata. There, the defendant was charged in juvenile court after the defendant's eighteenth birthday. The juvenile court dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and the appellate division of the district court reversed and remanded for trial. We held that we had jurisdiction to hear the interlocutory appeal under the fourth Cox Broadcasting exception because inter alia, of the importance of the issue and our”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“firm congressional policy against interlocutory or 'piecemeal' appeals”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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