MARKOE v. LEGISLATURE OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

No. 78-1733.

592 F.2d 188 (1979)

Claude O. MARKOE, Leroy S. Arnold, John A. Bell, Britain H. Bryant, Hector Cintron, Sidney Lee, and Frits E. Lawaetz, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. LEGISLATURE OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS and Henrita Todman, Supervisor of Elections of the Virgin Islands, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Bidelspacher, Bidelspacher & Bidelspacher, Williamsport, Pa., James H. Isherwood, Isherwood, Colianni, Alkon & Barnard, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., John F. James, James & Resnick, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for appellants.

Ronald T. Mitchell, Pallme, Anduze, Mitchell & Dow, Ive Arlington Swan, Atty. Gen., Daniel A. Isaacson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellees.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the district court refusing to reapportion the Virgin Islands' fifteen-member legislature. In this appeal, as in the district court, they assert that the district of St. Croix should be entitled to elect a majority of the territorial representatives.

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On May 18, 1972, the Virgin Islands Senate, the territory's unicameral...

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