Legal Opinion

Samuel v. St. Pierre

Superior Court of Guam

Decided November 12, 1975No. Civil No. 1164-75Published

1Opinion of the CourtWeeks, Judge

DECISION

Defendant has sought to have this case dismissed on the *300grounds that the Superior Court of Guam is without subject matter jurisdiction over the issues presented therein and secondly because plaintiff has failed to join an indispensible party. The Court is of the opinion that for the following reasons this motion to dismiss must be denied.

Defendant asserts with respect to the first ground that this Court is without subject matter jurisdiction to entertain this matter because P.L. 12-85 Section 82 limits this court’s jurisdiction to “those cases arising under the laws of Guam”; and that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ursula Makariw, Administratrix of the Estate of Eugen Makariw, Deceased v. Ronald C. RinardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
  2. Turnbaugh v. DunlopIllinois Supreme Court · 1950
  3. O'Shatz v. BaileyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1963

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