May 28, 2025 · State and Local Courts Appellate Division of the High Court of American Samoa Typically, five justices sit on a panel; one of the justices of this court, two others selected by the …

The United States courts of appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal judiciary. They hear appeals of cases from the United States district courts and some U.S. …

Dec 27, 2021 · Plaintiffs, three citizens of American Samoa, asked the district court in Utah to declare that American Samoans were American citizens. The district court agreed and so declared. …

Aug 29, 2022 · QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Tenth Circuit correctly held— consistent with constitutional text, structure, and history, longstanding and unbroken historical practice, and every …

Dec 27, 2021 · Case opinion for US 10th Circuit FITISEMANU v. The Honorable Aumua Amata; American Samoa Government, Intervenor Defendants.. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.

Published 01/22/2026-15:54:04 (UTC) by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed a decision banning large fishing vessels from fishing in a zone around the American Samoa territory.

American Samoa procedure for appeals from Trial Division to Appellate Division of the High Court incorporates United States Federal Rules provisions as to time and procedure.

United States, 539 U.S. 69 (2003), presented the question of whether a panel of the Court of Appeals consisting of two Article III judges and one Article IV judge had the authority to decide petitioners' …

The potential cost elements for establishing a federal court in American Samoa include agency rental costs, personnel costs, and operational costs, most of which would be funded by congressional …