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The Supreme Court of Guam is the highest judicial body of the United States territory of Guam.The Court hears all appeals from the Superior Court of Guam and exercises original jurisdiction only in cases where a certified question is submitted to it by a U.S. federal court, the Governor of Guam, or the Guam Legislature.
Chief Justice of the Guam Supreme Court 2023–present Incumbent This page was last edited on 15 October 2024, at 15:43 (UTC). Text is available ...
Katherine Ann Maraman (born 1951) is an American judge who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Guam since 2008. From 2017 to 2020, she served as the court's chief justice, becoming the first female chief justice on the island and across Micronesia. [1]
In 1997, Governor Carl Gutierrez appointed Cruz to serve as an associate justice of the Guam Supreme Court. He served as associate justice until 1999, when his colleagues elected him chief justice. Cruz then served as chief justice from April 21, 1999 until August 31, 2001, when he retired from the judiciary. Prior to his appointment as ...
In June 2022, a California man who allegedly made threats against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice's suburban Washington, D.C., home while armed with a gun and ...
Pages in category "Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Guam" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The author of the Frank G. Lujan Memorial Court Reorganization Act stated, in testimony submitted to the Committee in 1997, that it was the intent of the Guam Legislature to make the Supreme Court of Guam the highest local court and be vested with those powers traditionally held and exercised by the highest court of a jurisdiction.
Tydingco-Gatewood was nominated as a United States district judge of the District Court of Guam by President George W. Bush on April 25, 2006. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 3, 2006. Chief Judge Tydingco-Gatewood is only one of two judges in the entire federal judiciary who sits as both a district and bankruptcy judge ...