Legal Opinion
Crain v. Government of Guam
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1952No. 13025_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing an action by appellants Crain and Phelan against the Government of Guam, the sole defendant, for a declaratory judgment of their rights, and those of other Guamanians similarly situated, under Section 31 of the Organic Act of Guam, 48 U.S.C.A. § 1421i, providing 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.”
The district court’s grounds for the dismissal are that Guam has sovereign immunity from such a suit against it…
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- New York Ex Rel. Kopel v. BinghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
3Cited by10 opinions
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- Wilson v. KennedyDistrict Court, D. Guam · 1954
- Marx v. Government Of GuamCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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