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COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA v. U.S.

Civil Action No. 08-1572 (PLF).

670 F.Supp.2d 65 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 25, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Debruin, Jonathan F. Olin, William M. Hohengarten, Jenner & Block LLP, Howard Penney Willens, Wilsie Company, LLC, Washington, DC, Sharmila Sohoni, Jenner & Block, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Robin Michelle Meriweather, Assistant United States Attorney, Theodore W. Atkinson, U.S. Department of Justice, Victor M. Lawrence, Office of Immigration Litigation, John E. Drury, Washington, DC, Robert J. O'Connor, O'Connor Berman Dotts & Banes, Saipan, MP, for Defendants.

OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This is a case about the United States' authority to legislate for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ("CNMI" or "the Commonwealth")—a group of Micronesian islands that enjoys a unique political relationship with the United States. The CNMI, joined by amicus curiae CNMI Descent for Self-Government and Indigenous Rights ("CNMI Descent"), argues that the recent enactment of legislation...

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