Draft:Paul D. Shriver

Paul D. Shriver (c. 1900 – YEAR) was the first judge of the District Court of Guam from 1951 to 1959, serving again from 1961 to 1969.

"Denver Man Is Guam Judge", Honolulu Star-Bulletin (September 6, 1961), p. 2.

"Senate Okays Shriver to Be Guam Judge", Guam Daily News (September 18, 1961), p. 1.

Living as of 1976 (see "Visiting Panel To Discuss Appeal Procedures Today", Pacific Daily News (August 25, 1976), p. 9.)

"The first judge appointed to the District Court under the Organic Act was Paul D. Shriver, a native of Colorado. A hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on Shriver's nomination on February 27, 1951, and the unpublished transcript of the hearing indicates that Shriver worked in government in Washington, D.C. and Colorado prior to World War II; he served in Italy with the Military Government Division during World War II; and for approximately four years prior to the appointment to the District Court judgeship in Guam he served in the Philippines as General Counsel for the Philippine War Damage Commission."

"Significant cases of the District Court of Guam: Laguana v. Ansell, 102 F. Supp. 919 (D. Guam 1952). Judge Paul Shriver concluded that the Guam territorial income tax was not a federal tax collected by the United States, but a territorial tax allowed by § 31 of the Organic Act. "I hold that the effect of Sec. 31 is to impose a territorial tax to be collected by the proper officials of the Government of Guam.""

Married to Melba.