Legal Opinion
Nibbs v. Roberts
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided February 8, 1995No. D. Ct. App. Civ. No. 1991-029PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Appeal from the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands
OPINION OF THE COURT
This is an appeal from a final judgment of the Territorial Court in an action brought pursuant to the federal civil rights statute, 42 *200U.S.C. § 1983 (1988), the Virgin Islands Tort Claims Act, V.I. CODE ANN. tit. 33, §§ 3401-16 (1994) ("VITCA"), and the common law.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
This appeal arose out of events occurring on July 26,1989, which led to the arrest of Debra Roberts ("appellee" or "Roberts") by Charles Nibbs, a Virgin Islands Police Officer ("appellant" or "Nibbs"). The facts leading to…
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