Legal Opinion
Moses v. Fawkes
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided February 24, 2017No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2016-0038PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(February 24, 2017)
HODGE, Chief Justice.
Various members of the St. Thomas/St. John District Board of Elections and the St. Croix Board of Elections appeal from the Superior Court’s June 24, 2016 opinion and order, which denied their motion for a preliminary injunction directing the Supervisor of Elections — Caroline Fawkes — to cease enforcing the resign-to-run provisions of title 18, section 2 of the Virgin Islands Code. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On May 16, 2016, Ivy Moses — a member of the St. Thomas/St. John District Board of Elections — filed…
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