No. 22-3

Save Coral Bay, Inc. v. Albert Bryan, Jr., Governor of the Virgin Islands, et al.

Lower Court: Virgin Islands
Docketed: 2022-06-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: coastal-zone-management environmental-protection federal-duty federal-territorial-power judicial-review public-review statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause territorial-law trust-obligation
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Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a territory enacts a law that contravenes a duty imposed by federal law, must the territory's judiciary look beyond whether the law was properly enacted and determine whether it violates federal law?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a territory enacts a law that contravenes a duty imposed by federal law, must the territory's judiciary look beyond whether the law was properly enacted and determine whether it violates federal law?

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-08-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-03
Waiver of right of respondent The Summers End Group, LLC to respond filed.
2022-07-26
Waiver of right of respondent Albert Bryan, Jr. Govenor of the Virgin Islands to respond filed.
2022-06-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 1, 2022)

Attorneys

Albert Bryan, Jr. Govenor of the Virgin Islands
Ian S. A. ClementVirgin Islands Department of Justice, Respondent
Save Coral Bay, Inc.
Andrew C. SimpsonAndrew C Simpson, PC, Petitioner
The Summers End Group, LLC
John H. Benham IIILaw Office of John H. Benham, P.C., Respondent