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Laguana v. Ansell

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Apr 15, 1954
212 F.2d 207 (9th Cir. 1954)

Summary

In Laguana v. Ansell, 9 Cir., 212 F.2d 207, certiorari denied 348 U.S. 830, 75 S.Ct. 51, 99 L.Ed. 654, we affirmed the holding of the District Court, 102 F. Supp. 919, that Section 31 of the Organic Act of Guam imposes a separate territorial income tax to be enforced by the proper officials of the Government of Guam.

Summary of this case from Phelan v. Taitano

Opinion

No. 13387.

April 15, 1954.

Appeal from the District Court of Guam, Territory of Guam; Paul D. Shriver, Judge.

Albert A. Spiegel, Santa Monica, Cal., Lyle H. Turner, Agana, Guam, for appellant.

H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, I. Henry Kutz, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., John P. Raker, U.S. Atty., Agana, Guam, Howard D. Porter, Atty. Gen. of Guam, Clarence A. Davis, Solicitor, Department of Interior, Lincoln, Neb., A.M. Edwards, Chief Counsel, Office of Territories, Department of Interior, Washington, D.C., Shirley Ecker Boskey, Attorney, Department of Interior, New York City, for appellees.

Jules E. Kohn and Ralph J. Tucker, Kansas City, Mo., amici curiæ.

Before HEALY and ORR, Circuit Judges, and LEMMON, District Judge.


For the reasons given in the Court's opinion filed February 29, 1952, 102 F. Supp. 919, the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

Laguana v. Ansell

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Apr 15, 1954
212 F.2d 207 (9th Cir. 1954)

In Laguana v. Ansell, 9 Cir., 212 F.2d 207, certiorari denied 348 U.S. 830, 75 S.Ct. 51, 99 L.Ed. 654, we affirmed the holding of the District Court, 102 F. Supp. 919, that Section 31 of the Organic Act of Guam imposes a separate territorial income tax to be enforced by the proper officials of the Government of Guam.

Summary of this case from Phelan v. Taitano
Case details for

Laguana v. Ansell

Case Details

Full title:Jesus LAGUANA, Appellant, v. Archie ANSELL, Acting Tax Commissioner and…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Apr 15, 1954

Citations

212 F.2d 207 (9th Cir. 1954)

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