Pacific Islands Committee Archive Finding Aid

The Pacific Islands Committee is one of several committees of the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Courts.

 

The mission of the Committee is to keep abreast of developments and to make suggestions for improvement in the administration of justice in former and present Pacific territorial areas in which the U.S. Federal judiciary has continuing responsibilities or interests.

 

The designated jurisdictions are: Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands(1). 

 

The U.S. relationship to these islands are because of these histories: 

• Guam and American Samoa have been U.S. territories for more than a century. 
• After World War II, the United Nations brought together the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republics of Palau and the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia as parts of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, administered by the U.S. 
• In 1986, Palau, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia became independent through the Compact of Free Association.  
• The Northern Mariana Islands entered into a political union with the U.S. with local self-governance and locally-elected political officials.  

These islands follow a mixture of common and customary laws, drawing from U.S. law for guidance. While all islands have local court systems, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Guam have federal courts while American Samoaʻs high court positions are appointed by the secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior (2). 

 

Utilizing funding support from the U.S. Department of Interior, the Pacific Islands Committee works with state-level courts of these jurisdictions to implement various judicial education and court professional development opportunities (2).

 

 

 

 

• Pacific Island Committee 2001-2003
• Pacific Islands Committee 2002-2005

• Pili v. Tagaloa
• Akapo v. Ava
• Alai`asa Filifili Mailai v. Tuitoga Puailoa Fanene, et al. 1999
• Alai`asa Filifili Mailai v. Tuitoga Puailoa Fanene, et al. 2000
• Alai`asa Filifili Mailai v. Tuitoga Puailoa Fanene, et al. 2001
• Alai`asa Filifili Mailai v. Tuitoga Puailoa Fanene, et al. 2002
• American Samoa Government v. Abe Samana
• American Samoa Government v. Andry Sagapolutele
• American Samoa Government v. Meredith
• Boral Gas of American Samoa v. American Samoa Government 
• Fanene Fetaiaiga v. Fanene Su`a Scanlan 1996
• Fanene/Va`afusuga v. Ma`ae 2003
• Fiu v. American Samoa Government
• Gebauer v. American Samoa Power of Authority
• GM Meredith v. Blue Pacific Management
• Ho Pyo Hong vs. Korea Deep Sea Fisheries Association 1998
• Ho Pyo Hong vs. Sharkfin Trading Co. 1998
• Kaleuati v. Iosefa
• Kelemete v. Meredith
• Kruse v. American Samoa Government
• National Judicial College: Technical and Financial Proposal 2001
• New Star Trading v. Daewoosa Samoa
• Pacific Institute of Judicial Administration

• Pili v. Tagaloa
• Akapo v. Ava
• Alai`asa Mailei v. Tuitoga Fanene, et. al 1999
• American Samoa Government v. Abe Samana
• American Samoa Government v. Andry Sagapolutele
• American Samoa Govt v. Meredith
• Boral Gas of American Samoa v.
• American Samoa Government
• Fanene Fetaiaiga v. Fanene Su`a Scanlan 1996
• Fanene/Va`afusuga v. Ma`ae
• Fiu v. American Samoa Government
• Gebauer v. American Samoa Power of Authority
• GM Meredith v. Blue Pacific Mgmt
• Ho Pyo Hong vs. Korea Deep Sea
• Fisheries Assn. (1998)
• Ho Pyo Hong vs. Sharkfin Trading Co. (1998)
• Kaleuati v. Iosefa
• Kelemete v. Meredith
• Kruse v. American Samoa Government
• Malalala v. American Samoa Government
• National Judicial College: Technical and
• Financial Proposal, 2001
• New Star Trading v. Daewoosa Samoa
• PIJA, Pacific Institute of Judicial Administration

• Agustin v. Government of Guam (1996)
• Alep v. USA
• Camacho v. Government of Guam
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-1995
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-1996
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-1997
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-1998
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-1999
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2000
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2001
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2002
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2003
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2004
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2005
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2006
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2007
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2008
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2009
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2010
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2011
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2012
• CNMI Several Cases 1980's; 1994-2013
• Craddick Development v. M. Craddick
• Craddick Development V.M. Craddick
• PEC, et al, v. Luzama, et al
• Ponefuolemotu M. Tuaolo v.Manaia E.T.
• Vaivao Fruean
• Ricky Anthony Pua`a v. American
• Samoa Government
• Ropati v. American Samoa Government
• Sardina v. F/V Kassandra
• Siona Toleafoa v. American Samoa
• Government (1996)
• Soli Corp, Soli Aolaolagi, and Mark
• Meredith v. Amerika Samoa Bank and
• Development Bank of American Samoa (1993)
• Suluai v. Nat`l Western Life Ins.
• Thompson v. Thompson
• Tuia v. District Court
• Tulifa v. Tuitele
• Ulufaleilupe Safue v. Uiagalelei Iona (1999)
• Youngstrom v. Youngstrom

• Judge Goodwin RMI (Marshall Islands)
• Craddick Development V.M. Craddick
• Goodwin 2002
• Guam - Territorial Bd of Education et al v. Rivera 96-00019A
• Kabua v. Note
• Marshall Islands 2004
• Ralpho v. Bell
• Rearden Family Trust v. Wisenbaker
• RMI (Marshall Islands) 
• RMI Atty General v. Tomeing
• RMI v. American Tobacco Co.
• Shimoda et al. vs. The State
• Stanley v. Stanley
• Temengil v. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• Territory of Guam v. Olsen 1977

• Articles
• Australia, Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands
• Briefs on Appeal
• Cases
• Commonwealth of the Northern
• Mariana Islands
• Conferences
• Correspondence
• Courts
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Guam
• Guam & Northern Mariana Islands
• Guam Commonwealth
• Judicial Conference of the United States, Guam
• Meetings
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Northern Marianas, Guam
• Pacific Institute of Judicial Administration
• Pacific Islands
• Pacific Islands Committee
• Pacific Islands Committee Meeting
• Pacific Judicial Conference
• Public Lands
• Samoa
• South Pacific Judicial Conference
• Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau
  U.S. Courts
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• United States District Courts
• United States Territories

Box 8

• American Samoa
• Budanio v. Saipan
• Compact of Free Association
• Conference of Chief Justices
• Disciplinary Complaint against Theodore R. Mitchell
• Estate of Hillblom
• Guam District Court
• Judge Correspondence
• Judicial Conference Committee
• Law Program
• National Conference
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Pacific Institute of Judicial Administration
• Pacific Islands
• Pacific Islands Committee
• South Pacific Judicial Conference
• U.S. Dept. of the Interior

Oversized Map Case Drawer 5

• Pacific Island Legal Institute 2019 Exhibit Items

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