Legal Opinion
Leocadio C. Mafnas v. The Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands v. Marian Aldan-Pierce, Real-Party-In-Interest-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1991No. 90-16078PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
The appellant and real-party-in-interest, Aldan-Pierce, appeals the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court’s issuance of a writ of prohibition to the Northern Mariana Islands Superior Court instructing the trial court to disregard a mandate from the Appellate Division of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.
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The procedural background to this case is confusing due to what appears to be a race between the parties to find a court that will hold in their favor. The relevant facts of this case were set forth by this court in Mafnas v. Dist. Court for Northern…
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