Legal Opinion
Attorney General of Guam v. Torres
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2005No. 03-15823, 03-15999PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge.
The Attorney General of Guam filed this action in the United States District Court of Guam seeking a declaration that, under the 1998 Amendment to the Guam Organic Act, 48 U.S.C. § 1421g(d), his authority as the “Chief Legal Officer” of Guam preempted prior Guam law and prohibited the Guam International Airport Authority (“GIAA”) from retaining its own legal counsel to conduct civil litigation. The district court, noting the existence of a parallel action in the Guam superior court, dismissed the action on three separate grounds: abstention under Younger v. Harris, 401…
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