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COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS v. U.S.

Civil Action No. 08-1572 (PLF).

686 F.Supp.2d 7 (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 case arises from a dispute between the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ("the CNMI" or "the Commonwealth") and the United States concerning the implementation and enforcement of federal legislation that gives the United States government control over immigration into and out of the Commonwealth. In a separate Opinion issued earlier today, 670 F.Supp.2d 65 (D.D.C.2009) ("Opinion I"), the Court...

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