Legal Opinion
Turnbull v. Twenty-Sixth Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Superior Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided November 13, 2006No. Civil No. 394/2006PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKendall, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(November 13, 2006)
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant’s “Motion to Dismiss Complaint” pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the FED. R. CIV. P. and Plaintiff’s Opposition thereto. Based upon the reasons set forth below, the Motion will be DENIED.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Section 21(a) of the Revised Organic Act of 1954, as amended (“R.O.A.”)1 provides that “the judicial power of the Virgin Islands shall *130be vested in a court of record designated as the ‘District Court’ of the Virgin Islands established by Congress, and in such appellate court and lower local courts…
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