TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT
DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH
§ 3108. Supreme Court Jurisdiction; Pending Cases. (a) Commonwealth Trial Court Cases. The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over all decisions, orders, judgments, or other appealable actions of the Commonwealth Trial Court which are taken on or after May 2, 1989. (b) Pending Appeals. The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over all appeals which have been taken from a judgment, order or decision of the Commonwealth Trial Court, and which are pending before the Appellate Division of the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, or before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, or before the Supreme Court of the United States. (c) Pending Appeal: Definition. For purposes of this section, an appeal is pending if the final controlling mandate of the appellate tribunal having jurisdiction of the appeal has not been received by the Commonwealth Trial Court. (d) Effective Date. This section shall take effect on May 2, 1989. Source: PL 6-25, § 3, ch. 1 (§ 3109), modified.