Legal Opinion · Dissent
Mailloux v. Mailloux
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 31, 1977No. Nos. 75-2898, 76-1836Published
1DissentSneed, Circuit Judge
I respectfully dissent. The Organic Act of Guam grants neither diversity nor removal jurisdiction to the District Court of Guam.
*979The majority opinion asserts that a congressional intent to extend diversity jurisdiction to the District Court of Guam can be gleaned from a combined reading of sections 1421b(u) and 1424(a) of the Organic Act of Guam, 48 U.S.C. §§ 1421, et seq. (1970). Even the majority implicitly recognizes that section 1424(a), which gives the District Court of Guam jurisdiction over controversies “arising under” the laws of the United States, cannot by itself support a finding…
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