Legal Opinion
Stafford v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided March 2, 2001No. Civ. App. 1998/155PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Stanley Stafford (“Stafford” or “appellant”) appeals the Territorial Court’s dismissal of his complaint brought pursuant to the Virgin Islands Wrongful Discharge Act (“WDA”), V.I.Code Ann. tit. 24, § 76 (1986). On appeal, Stafford argues that the Territorial Court erred in the following respects:(1) in finding that Stafford’s WDA claim is preempted by section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (“LMRA”), 29 U.S.C. § 185(a) (1988);(2) in concluding that Stafford, as an employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”), may not bring a wrongful discharge…
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