Legal Opinion
Sagana v. Tenorio
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 7, 2004No. 03-15779PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
Bonifacio Vitug Sagana appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment challenging the Nonresident Workers Act (“NWA”), 3 N. Mar. I.Code § 4411 et seq. (1999), of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (“CNMI”). He argues that the NWA restricts his right to freely market his labor in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection .and due process clauses. The defendant, Joaquin Tenorio, was sued in his official capacity as the Secretary of the Department of Labor of the CNMI.
The district court dismissed all…
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