A legal battle with far-reaching implications for landowners across Guam is heating up in the supreme court. CoreTech International has filed its latest response, defending its claim over property tied to the government’s wastewater treatment facility in Dededo — but firmly denying any attempt to disrupt public services. 

In the court filing submitted Friday, CoreTech emphasized it’s not after the plant — just fair compensation for land it argues was wrongly taken. The company says this case is bigger than just one property — it’s about upholding land rights and ensuring ancestral lands aren’t quietly reclaimed without proper payment.

CoreTech’s Ed Ching says the company has always respected the plant’s public function but warns that denying just compensation sets a dangerous precedent. He claims the government is inviting federal overreach by refusing to pay landowners fairly — a move that could unravel decades of work to return ancestral lands to the people of Guam.

The outcome of the case could reshape how Guam handles land title disputes and raise serious questions about the protection of private property rights moving forward.

For now, services remain uninterrupted — but the legal fight is far from over.