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St. Thomas - St. John Hotel & Tourism Ass'n v. Government of the United States Virgin Island Ex Rel. Virgin Islands Department of Labor
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided August 16, 2002No. CIV.1999-54PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MOORE, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
The plaintiffs brought this action seeking to permanently enjoin the Government of the Virgin Islands [“government”] from conducting any preliminary or formal hearings on wrongful discharge claims premised on the Virgin Islands Wrongful Discharge Act [“WDA”], 24 V.I.C. §§ 71-76, on the ground that the WDA is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act [“NLRA”], 29 U.S.C. §§ 151-169. In light of its earlier decision in Bell v. Chase Manhattan Bank, 40 F.Supp.2d 307 (D.Vi.1999), this Court entered an order on June 2, 1999, enjoining the Virgin Islands…
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- The St. Thomas - St. John Hotel & Tourism Association, Inc. v. Government Of The United States Virgin IslandsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by2 opinions
- St. Thomas-St. John Hotel & Tourism Ass'n v. Government of the United States Virgin Islands Ex Rel. Virgin Islands Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- The St. Thomas — St. John Hotel & Tourism Association, Inc. v. Government Of The United States Virgin IslandsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004