Legal Opinion
Mapp v. Lawaetz
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 4, 1989No. 89-3481PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Circuit Judge.
I
Appellant Kenneth E. Mapp (Mapp) appeals an order of the Appellate Division of the District Court of the Virgin Islands. The district court reversed a decision of the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands granting Mapp declaratory and injunctive relief against the president and other members of the 18th Legislature of the Virgin Islands (legislature) because the case was not justiciable.
The legislature had passed a bill removing Mapp as a member of that body and notified the Governor of the Virgin Islands that Mapp’s seat was vacant. The bill…
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