Legal Opinion
Matao Yokeno v. Sawako Sekiguchi
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 15, 2014No. 11-17196PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the federal court in Guam has jurisdiction in disputes exclusively between aliens.
I
Matao Yokeno sued Emil Lai and Sa-wako Sekiguchi in the Superior Court of Guam, asserting claims arising from alleged breaches of fiduciary duty in the course of the parties’ several business ventures. Sekiguchi and Lai removed the case to the District Court of Guam based on diversity of citizenship.
Yokeno is an alien admitted to the United States for permanent residence, living in Guam. 1 Lai, a British Overseas Citizen, and Sekiguchi, a Japanese…
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