Legal Opinion
Monsanto v. V.I. Housing Authority
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided January 8, 1982No. Civil No. 708/1980PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtFeuerzeig, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
The Virgin Islands Legislature declared in 1976 that Government decision-making shall operate in the light of the sun by enacting the Government in the Sunshine Act. 1 V.I.C. §§ 251-256 (1980 Supp.). This case requires the court to determine what, if any, rights the Act creates for an individual who was fired as a result of a government agency meeting held in violation of the Act. The Court also must determine whether the firing, in violation of the agency’s own by-laws, makes the termination invalid and, if so, whether the agency may retroactively cure the…
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