Legal Opinion
Magana v. Northern Mariana Islands
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1997No. 95-16120PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge:
Other substantial issues are presented in this appeal by Teofanie M. Magana from a judgment entered in favor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (“Commonwealth” or “CNMI”) and two individual officials, but the major question for *-146decision is whether a litigant has the right to bring an action for money damages against the Commonwealth directly under the Fourteenth Amendment without a congressionally created cause of action. The District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands determined that Appellant had no such right and she appeals.
Appellant…
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