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7 GCA § 4105

Certifying Questions of Law

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 7 — Judiciary and Civil Procedure
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Any judge of the Superior Court of Guam may certify a question of law to the Supreme Court of Guam for its opinion as to the interpretation of any law, federal or local, lying within the jurisdiction of the courts of Guam to decide, and arising in a case or proceeding then pending before the Superior Court. ARTICLE 2 SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION

§ The story of this section

  1. Enacted by P.L. 20-28 § 1 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)

Interpreted by the courts:

  • 1998 Guam 11People of Guam vs. Rolpherdo R. Anson (1998) · per Benjamin J.F. Cruz, J.
  • 2006 Guam 10People of Guam, Plaintiff, vs. Miasiro I. Johnny, Defendant (2006)
  • 2007 Guam 11People of Guam, Plaintiff v. Benjamin King Gay, Defendant (2007) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J.
  • 2018 Guam 12The People of Guam, Plaintiff, v. Francisco Junior Santos, Defendant, (2018)

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