Legal Opinion
Pate v. Government of the Virgin Islands
Superior Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided April 17, 2015No. Case No. ST-14-CV-479PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDunston, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
(April 17, 2015)
Before the Court is Plaintiff John-Russell B. Pate’s October 22, 2014, request for injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment; Defendant Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs’ (“DLCA” or the “Department”) November 21,2014, motion to dismiss, treated here as one for summary judgment; and Defendant’s March 12, 2015, and March 23, 2015, motions to strike.
Plaintiff alleges that the fee charged to attorneys and law firms is not a tax but instead an attempt to regulate the practice of law and that the DLCA does not have the…
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