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January 17, 2023. The Supreme Court of Guam is the highest judicial body of the United States territory of Guam. The Court hears all appeals from the Superior Court of Guam and exercises original jurisdiction only in cases where a certified question is submitted to it by a U.S. federal court, the Governor of Guam, or the Guam Legislature.
Superior Court of Guam [3] Federal courts located in Guam. District Court of Guam [4] References This page was last edited on 8 January 2024, at 13:40 ...
The District Court of Guam[1] (in case citations, D. Guam) is a United States territorial court with jurisdiction over the United States territory of Guam. It sits in the capital, Hagåtña. Appeals of the court's decisions are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. It is not an Article III court, and therefore its ...
In 1974, Public Law 12-85, the Court Reorganization Act would substantially alter the judicial jurisdiction of the local island court and rename it the Superior Court of Guam. The Superior Court was given jurisdiction over all cases arising out of Guam laws. The District Court retained its appellate function. Under the act establishing the ...
Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood. (1958-01-21) January 21, 1958 (age 66) Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. Education. Marquette University (BA) University of Missouri–Kansas City (JD) Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood (born January 21, 1958) is an American attorney and jurist. She has served as chief judge of the federal District Court of Guam ...
Superior Court of Guam On September 11, 2012, Governor Eddie Baza Calvo appointed Cenzon to be a Judge of the Superior Court of Guam. She received a unanimous vote in the 31st Guam Legislature and was sworn in on December 20, 2012.
The Jack Abramoff Guam investigation involves an alleged plot by lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others to control the functions of the courts in Guam. A federal grand jury investigation was halted in 2002 when the prosecutor was removed from office by the George W. Bush administration . In 2002, Abramoff was retained as a subcontractor by the Guam ...
Katherine Maraman. Katherine Ann Maraman (born 1951) is an American judge who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Guam since 2008. From 2017 to 2020, she served as the court's chief justice, becoming the first female chief justice on the island and across Micronesia. [ 1]