Legal Opinion
Kendall v. Russell
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 13, 2009No. 08-1212PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(July 13, 2009)
JORDAN, Circuit Judge
Leon A. Kendall, a judge of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, filed this suit against members of the Virgin Islands Commission on Judicial Disabilities (the “Commission”), alleging that Virgin Islands Act No. 3876 (the “Commission Act” or the “Act”), which empowers the Commission to remove judges of the Superior Court, violates the separation of powers principle inherent in the Revised Organic Act of 1954 (the “ROA”). 48 U.S.C. §§ 1541 et seq. The Commission asked the District Court to abstain from hearing the case, but the Court…
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