High Court of American Samoa

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The High Court of American Samoa is the territory’s supreme judicial authority, handling major civil, criminal, and constitutional matters under U.S. territorial law.

All labels observed (6)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
territorial court ⓘ
alsoApplies customary Samoan law ⓘ
appealsRoute limited direct review by U.S. federal courts in certain matters ⓘ
appliesLaw American Samoa Code Annotated ⓘ
U.S. territorial law ⓘ
appointmentAuthority United States Secretary of the Interior ⓘ
associateJudgesAppointedBy Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
associateJusticeAppointedBy United States Secretary of the Interior ⓘ
buildingType courthouse ⓘ
chiefJusticeAppointedBy United States Secretary of the Interior ⓘ
country American Samoa ⓘ
createdBy executive authority of the United States for American Samoa ⓘ
decides land and matai title disputes ⓘ
questions of territorial constitutional law ⓘ
establishedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
handles appeals from lower territorial courts ⓘ
constitutional matters ⓘ
major civil cases ⓘ
major criminal cases ⓘ
hasAssociateJustice Associate Justice of American Samoa ⓘ
hasChiefJustice Chief Justice of American Samoa ⓘ
hasDivision Appellate Division ⓘ
Equity jurisdiction ⓘ
Land and Titles Division ⓘ
Probate jurisdiction ⓘ
Trial Division ⓘ
hasJudgeType associate judges ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom District Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
highestCourtIn American Samoa ⓘ
jurisdiction American Samoa ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Samoan ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn American Samoa ⓘ
Pago Pago Harbor area ⓘ
linked to: Pago Pago Harbor

Tutuila ⓘ
location Fagatogo ⓘ
notPartOf United States federal judiciary ⓘ
oversees District Court of American Samoa ⓘ
village courts in American Samoa ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of American Samoa ⓘ
respects faʻa Samoa ⓘ
role supreme judicial authority of American Samoa ⓘ
seat Fagatogo, American Samoa ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

government of American Samoa → judicialBody → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Fagatogo → hasLandmark → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Fagatogo → hasJudicialBody → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Eastern District, American Samoa → hasJudicialAuthority → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
High Court of American Samoa → hearsAppealsFrom → Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
linked to: High Court of American Samoa
village courts of American Samoa → higherCourt → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Constitution of American Samoa → establishesBody → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
District Court of American Samoa → hasHigherCourt → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
District Court of American Samoa → subordinateTo → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
District Court of American Samoa → hearsAppealsTo → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Maʻopūtasi County → contains → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
American Samoa Code Annotated → usedBy → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Judiciary of American Samoa → hasHighestCourt → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Judiciary of American Samoa → hasCourt → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Judiciary of American Samoa → hasComponent → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Judiciary of American Samoa → hasComponent → Land and Titles Division of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
linked to: High Court of American Samoa
Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa → partOf → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
subject linked to: Trial Division
Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa → superiorCourt → Appellate Division of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
subject linked to: Trial Division
linked to: High Court of American Samoa
Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa → appealsTo → Appellate Division of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
subject linked to: Trial Division
linked to: High Court of American Samoa
Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa → hasSeat → High Court building in Fagatogo, American Samoa ⓘ
subject linked to: Trial Division
linked to: High Court of American Samoa
Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa → officialName → Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
subject linked to: Trial Division
linked to: High Court of American Samoa
Appellate Division of the High Court of American Samoa → partOf → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
subject linked to: Appellate Division
Appellate Division of the High Court of American Samoa → supervises → Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa (on appeal) ⓘ
subject linked to: Appellate Division
linked to: High Court of American Samoa
Appellate Division of the High Court of American Samoa → bindingAuthorityOn → Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
subject linked to: Appellate Division
linked to: High Court of American Samoa
Appellate Division of the High Court of American Samoa → appealFrom → Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
subject linked to: Appellate Division
linked to: High Court of American Samoa
Land and Titles Division → partOf → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Land and Titles Division → hasParentCourt → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
Tafuna Correctional Facility → jurisdiction → High Court of American Samoa ⓘ