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LUIS v. DENNIS

No. 83-3620.

751 F.2d 604 (1984)

Juan LUIS, Governor of the Virgin Islands, Appellee, v. Hugo DENNIS, et al., Certain Members of the Fifteenth Legislature of the Virgin Islands, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1984.

As Corrected December 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhys S. Hodge (argued), Eric Dawson, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellant.

J'Ada M. Finch-Sheen, Atty. Gen., Richard R. Knoepfel, Laurence Ramer, Edward A. Wascoe (argued), Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Law, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, BECKER, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

The Fifteenth Legislature of the Virgin Islands (the "Fifteenth Legislature") appeals from an order of the district court, 576 F.Supp. 733, declaring an act of the Fifteenth Legislature invalid as in violation of the Separation of Powers doctrine. This court has appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

I.

The Revised Organic Act of 1954 provides...

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