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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.
General elections was held in Guam on November 5, 2024. [1] Voters in Guam chose their non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, attorney general, supreme court judges and all fifteen members of the territorial legislature. The election was held on the same day as the 2024 United States elections.
Local courts of Guam. Judicial Council of Guam [1] Supreme Court of Guam [2] Superior Court of Guam [3] Federal courts located in Guam. District Court of Guam [4]
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]
Born. Guam. Relatives. Mary Camacho Torres. Education. University of Notre Dame (BA) Harvard University (JD) Robert J. Torres Jr. is a Guamanian judge. He has served as the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Guam, a position he has held on three occasions, 2008 to 2011, 2014 to 2017, and since 2023.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a judge's 2021 ruling that blocked enforcement of the law, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last year overturning the ...
In March 1996, hours after the first Justices of the Supreme Court of Guam were confirmed, the 23rd Guam Legislature passed Bill 404, which removed certain inherent powers from the Supreme Court. A second bill, Bill 494, aimed to strip the supervisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over all lower courts.
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 ...