Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 2102

  • 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 Judicial Council shall administer the operations of the Supreme Court and Superior Court and shall promulgate rules, regulation and policy governing personnel, procurement, finance and travel for the Judicial Branch. The Judicial Council shall adopt a unified pay schedule for the employees of the Judicial Branch consistent with the Hay Study and Unified Pay Schedule adopted in
1991, as amended. The Judicial Council shall recommend and submit, under the signature of its Chairperson, the annual budget of the Judicial Branch to I Liheslaturan Guåhan [the Legislature] by the first day of May of each year.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-139:25. Added, as amended, by P.L. 27-31:4 to reflect the unified court structure.

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, because this section was added by what is no longer a public law, the effect of the decision is that this section ceases to exist. Aff’d, U.S. Supreme Court by denial of Petition for Certiorari, 10/7/2002.

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