United States Ninth Circuit

Although the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is not a "State" under the Quiet Title Act (QTA), the Covenant to Establish a CNMI, 48 U.S.C. Section 1801, requires that CNMI be treated as if it were as "State" for purposes of the QTA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/14/2001
• Decided 02/07/2002
• Published 02/07/2002

Judges

• Before:  B. FLETCHER, CANBY and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• L. David Sosebee, Deputy Attorney General, Civil Division-Capitol Hill, Saipan, MP;  Daniel H. MacMeekin, MacMeekin & Woodworth, Washington, DC, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey C. Dobbins, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellee.