2013 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 8A - GUAM (§§ 1421 - 1428e)
Subchapter IV - THE JUDICIARY (§§ 1424 - 1424c)
Section 1424-2 - Relations between courts of United States and courts of Guam
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 8A - GUAM SUBCHAPTER IV - THE JUDICIARY Sec. 1424-2 - Relations between courts of United States and courts of Guam |
| Contains | section 1424-2 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, §22B, as added Pub. L. 98-454, title VIII, §801, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1742; amended Pub. L. 103-437, §17(a)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4595; Pub. L. 108-378, §2, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2208. |
| Statutes at Large References | 98 Stat. 1742 108 Stat. 4595 118 Stat. 2208 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 98-454, Public Law 103-437, Public Law 108-378 |
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The relations between the courts established by the Constitution or laws of the United States and the local courts of Guam with respect to appeals, certiorari, removal of causes, the issuance of writs of habeas corpus, and other matters or proceedings shall be governed by the laws of the United States pertaining to the relations between the courts of the United States, including the Supreme Court of the United States, and the courts of the several States in such matters and proceedings.
(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, §22B, as added Pub. L. 98–454, title VIII, §801, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1742; amended Pub. L. 103–437, §17(a)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4595; Pub. L. 108–378, §2, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2208.)
AMENDMENTS2004—Pub. L. 108–378 struck out before period at end ": Provided, That for the first fifteen years following the establishment of the appellate court authorized by section 1424–1(a) of this title, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit shall have jurisdiction to review by writ of certiorari all final decisions of the highest court of Guam from which a decision could be had. The Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit shall submit reports to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives at intervals of five years following the establishment of such appellate court as to whether it has developed sufficient institutional traditions to justify direct review by the Supreme Court of the United States from all such final decisions. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit shall have jurisdiction to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection".
1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted "Natural Resources" for "Interior and Insular Affairs" before "of the House".
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective on ninetieth day following Oct. 5, 1984, see section 1005 of Pub. L. 98–454, set out as an Effective Date of 1984 Amendment note under section 1424 of this title.
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