§1824 Relations Between Courts of United States and Courts of Northern Mariana Islands; Applicability of Statutory Provisions

Summary

Federal rules about how U.S. courts and state courts handle appeals and other court procedures must also apply to the courts of the Northern Mariana Islands, unless article IV of the covenant says something different. For the first fifteen years after the Northern Mariana Islands sets up an appellate court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the circuit that includes the Islands will hear appeals from final decisions of the highest local court in cases about the U.S. Constitution, treaties, or federal laws, unless those cases are handled in the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands under section 1823. Parts of title 28 that apply to Guam or the District Court of Guam also apply to the Northern Mariana Islands and its District Court, unless article IV provides otherwise. The district court created here is treated as a "district court" for section 3006A of title 18.