48 U.S.C. § 1662
Sovereignty of United States extended over Swains Island
The sovereignty of the United States over American Samoa is extended over Swains Island, which is made a part of American Samoa and placed under the jurisdiction of the administrative and judicial authorities of the government established therein by the United States.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2023 · leading case: Corp. of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints v. Donald P. Hodel, Sec'y of the Interior, 830 F.2d 374 (D.C. Cir. 1987).
Corp. of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints v. Donald P. Hodel, Sec'y of the Interior, 830 F.2d 374 (D.C. Cir. 1987). “6419 (1951), reprinted in 48 U.S.C. § 1662 . 3 . Rev. Const, of Am.”
Meaamaile v. Am. Samoa, 550 F. Supp. 1227 (D. Haw. 1982). “10264 (1951), reprinted in 48 U.S.C. § 1662 (1982). Pursuant to his powers under the aforementioned executive order, the Secretary of the Interior approved the Revised Constitution of American Samoa, which provides that “[t]he judicial power shall be vested in the High Court,…”
United States v. Lee, 159 F. Supp. 2d 1241 (D. Haw. 2001). “6419, reprinted in 48 U.S.C. § 1662 (1987). Lee argues that, because the Secretary of the Interior has been vested with “all judicial .”
Ilai Koonwaiyou v. Antony Blinken, 69 F.4th 1004 (9th Cir. 2023). “48 U.S.C. § 1662 . 10 KOONWAIYOU V. BLINKEN United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than seven years in any continuous period of ten years— (A) during…”
Constanza v. Riley, 259 F. Supp. 2d 418 (E.D. Pa. 2003). “See 48 U.S.C. § 1662 . As to its physical endowments, Restore observes that [t]he island is a ring of sand and coral, a mile and a half east and west, a mile wide, and nowhere more than 20 feet high, surrounding a shallow lagoon, which is only slightly brackish .”
Anderson v. Fruean, 21 Am. Samoa 2d 95 (1992). “(Act may be found in 48 U.S.C.S. § 1662 note.) This transfer was apparently accomplished by a deed entitled "Transfer of Navy Property to the Government of American Samoa," from E.”
Alamoana Recipe Inc. v. Am. Samoa Gov't, 25 Am. Samoa 2d 97 (1993). “V, § 11 (1967); see 48 U.S.C. § 1662 (a) ("Amendments of, or modifications to, the constitution of American Samoa, as approved by the Secretary of the Interior .”
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