48 U.S.C. § 1421
Territory included under name Guam
The territory ceded to the United States in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain, signed at Paris,
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 56
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1951–2026 · leading case: Repub. Party of Guam I Mina' Bente Singko Na Liheslaturan Guahan v. Carl T.C. Gutierrez, as Governor of Guam, & the Gov't of Guam, 277 F.3d 1086 (9th Cir. 2002).
Repub. Party of Guam I Mina' Bente Singko Na Liheslaturan Guahan v. Carl T.C. Gutierrez, as Governor of Guam, & the Gov't of Guam, 277 F.3d 1086 (9th Cir. 2002). “25-146 was valid under the Organic Act of Guam, 48 U.S.C. §§ 1421 -1428e; that by violating P.”
People of Guam v. Benny Toves Guerrero, 290 F.3d 1210 (9th Cir. 2002). “Guerrero moved to dismiss his indictment on the ground that the statutes violated his right freely to exercise his religion — Rastafarianism—under the Organic Act of Guam (“Organic Act”), 48 U.S.C. §§ 1421 et seq., and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”), 42 U.”
Ngiraingas v. Sanchez, 495 U.S. 182 (1990). “384 (codified at 48 U. S. C. § 1421 et seq. (1982 ed.)), which makes applicable to Guam numerous specific sections of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, expressly does not confer Eleventh Amendment immunity on the Territory.”
Bank of Guam v. United States, 578 F.3d 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2009). “384 (1950) (codified at 48 U.S.C. § 1421 ) (“the Organic Act”). The Organic Act provides that the “income-tax laws in force in the United States of America and those which may hereafter be enacted shall be held to be likewise in force in Guam.”
Arnold Davis v. Guam, 932 F.3d 822 (9th Cir. 2019). “384 (1950) (codified at 48 U.S.C. §§ 1421–24) (“Organic Act”). The Organic Act (1) designated Guam as an unincorporated territory of the United States subject to Congress’s plenary power, 48 U.”
Gutierrez v. Ada, 528 U.S. 250 (2000). “384 , as amended, 48 U. S. C. § 1421 et seq. (1994 ed. and Supp.”
The People of the Territory of Guam v. Jae Hung Yang, 850 F.2d 507 (9th Cir. 1988). “The statutory scheme establishing the system of courts in Guam, 48 U.S.C. §§ 1421 et seq., and the reasoning of our decision in Matter of McLinn, 739 F.”
United States v. Drake, 543 F.3d 1080 (9th Cir. 2008). “In 1950, Congress enacted the Organic Act, codified at 48 U.S.C. § 1421 et seq., which created a “Bill of Rights” for Guam paralleling the Bill of Rights in the federal Constitution.”
Antonio Gumataotao v. Dir. of Dep't of Revenue & Taxation, 236 F.3d 1077 (9th Cir. 2001). “48 U.S.C. § 1421 et. seq.. Congress also provided an income tax scheme for Guam in 48 U.”
Matao Yokeno v. Sawako Sekiguchi, 754 F.3d 649 (9th Cir. 2014). “That district court is not an Article III court; it was created by the Organic Act of Guam, see 48 U.S.C. §§ 1421 -1421k~l, pursuant to Article IV of the Constitution.”
Paul E. Farrell Frances G. Farrell v. United States, 313 F.3d 1214 (9th Cir. 2002). “See 48 U.S.C. §§ 1421 , 1661-1662, 1801 (1994); U.”
In Re: Request of Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, I Maga'Hågan Guåhan, Relative to the Validity & Enforceability of Pub. Law No. 20-134, 2023 Guam 11 (Guam 2023). “” 48 U.S.C.A. § 1421 - 4(a)(5). This provision, too, has no “hammer clause”; nowhere does the Organic Act provide any enforcement mechanism to ensure our decisions come from a panel of three justices.”
— 48 U.S.C. § 1421(a) — 1 case
Schnitzer v. State Tax Comm'n, 3 Or. Tax 103 (Or. T.C. 1967).
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