Ferreira

In Ferreira v. Borja, 1 F.3d 960, 963 (9th Cir.1993) (“Ferreira I ”), this Court vacated and remanded a decision of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (“CNMI” or “Commonwealth”). Rosalia Mafnas Borja (“Mafnas”) now appeals the Commonwealth Supreme Court’s decision on remand. She argues that the decision on remand was erroneous even though the Commonwealth Supreme Court followed our mandate in Ferreira I.

We affirm.

I.

The facts are recounted in detail in Fer-reira I, so they will be abbreviated here. Diana Ferreira sued to quiet title to land located in the Commonwealth. Mafnas, who had sold the land to Ferreira, contested Fer-reira’s claim to title. Mafnas argued that the land sale was void because Ferreira, a person of Northern Mariana Islands descent, had obtained financing from persons not of Northern Mariana Islands descent and had leased the land long-term to them, thereby *673 violating a provision of the Commonwealth Constitution. CNMI Const, art. XII, § 3 (prohibiting persons not of Northern Mariana Islands descent from acquiring a permanent or long-term interest in real property within the Commonwealth).

Applying the common law…