7 Guam Code Ann. § 7102
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Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 7102
- Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
The Superior Court shall always be open on court days. It shall hold its regular sessions in Hagåtña at times determined by the rules of the Court. Special sessions may be held at such places as the nature of the business may require and upon such notices as the Court orders, pursuant to rules prescribed by the Supreme Court.
SOURCE: Amended by P.L.24-139:18 (Feb. 7, 1998), and P.L. 27-
031:21 (Oct. 31, 2003).
COURT DECISIONS: The Supreme Court, in Pangelinan v. Gutierrez,
2000 Guam 11 (2000); affirmed by the Ninth Circuit as 276 F.3d 534 (1/10/2002), held P.L. 24-139 not to have existed at all as a public law because it was Apocket vetoed@ by the Governor. Therefore, this section reverts to the way it read upon its original enactment as there were no amendments prior to P.L. 24-139. The main difference is to place the power to establish rules in the Supreme Court.
1985 SOURCE: CCP § 87 modified to subject the power to rules of the
Supreme Court.