Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 8102

  • 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.
e Judicial Council may appoint Official Reporters for the Courts, or may share Reporters, as the need is made known, in such number as the Judicial Council may designate who shall be subject to removal as provided in the Personnel Rules for the Judicial Branch. The qualifications of the Reporters shall be determined by standards formulated by the Judicial Council.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 21-147:2 (Jan. 14, 1993). Repealed and reenacted by P.L.
24-139:35 (Feb. 7, 1998). Amended by P.L. 27-031:25 (Oct. 31, 2003).

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, this section reverts to the way it read upon its original enactment as there were no amendments prior to P.L. 24-139. The main difference is to return to the Superior Court the power to hire or share reporters and to delete subsection (b) regarding reporters’ fees.

1985 SOURCE: CCP § 193 modified to refer to the Supreme and Superior Court structure.

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