Legal Opinion

Williams v. Silverlight

District Court, Virgin Islands

Decided January 12, 1982No. Civil No. 246/81Published

1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, Judge

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff, Donald Williams, acting pro se, brings this action against the Hon. Irwin J. Silverlight and the Government of the Virgin Islands, alleging that Judge Silverlight and eight other people unlawfully trespassed on his property. Plaintiff’s present claim arises from actions taken by Judge Silverlight during the conduct of a nonjury trial of a civil tort action instituted by plaintiff in this Court last year.

*4In that earlier 1981 action, plaintiff sued two individual defendants for damage done to certain mango trees on his property. During the trial thereof, Judge…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  3. William J. Bauers, Jr. v. Herbert T. Heisel, JrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
  4. Treho v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1978

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