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5 GCA § 7103

Taxpayer Standing to Sue

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 5 — Government Operations
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Any taxpayer who is a resident of Guam shall have standing to sue the government of Guam and any officer, agent, contractor, or employee of the Executive Branch of the government of Guam for the purpose of enjoining any officer, agent, contractor, or employee of the Executive Branch of the government of Guam from expending money without proper appropriation, without proper authority, illegally, or contrary to law, and to obtain a personal judgment in the courts of Guam against such officers, agents, contractors, or employees of the government of Guam and in favor of the Government of Guam for the return to the Government of Guam of any money which has been expended without proper appropriation, without proper authority, illegally, or contrary to law. For purposes of this Chapter, the Governor and Lt. Governor of Guam are officers of the government of Guam, and are included within the scope of this Chapter.

§ The story of this section

  1. Enacted by P.L. 18-9 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)

Interpreted by the courts:

  • 2011 Guam 10Attorney General of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee,v. Carl T.C. Gutierrez, Davina M. Lujan, and Does A-M, Defendants-Appellan (2011) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · cited at ¶25
  • 2012 Guam 25Town House Department Stores, Inc., dba Island Business Systems & Supplies, Appellant, v. Department of Education, Gover (2012) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · cited at ¶26
  • 2020 Guam 27Sedfrey M. Linsangan, Petitioner-Appellant, vs. Government of Guam, Arthur San Agustin, Lourdes Leon Guerrero (Acting in (2020) · cited at ¶13
  • 2022 Guam 5Joaquin V. Leon-Guerrero, Individually and as a Taxpayer, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Government of Guam, Guam Department of (2022) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · cited at ¶15

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.