GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. WARNER

Nos. 94-7381, 94-7289.

48 F.3d 688 (1995)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. Elveth WARNER, Appellant in No. 94-7381. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. Jacqueline MONSANTO-SWAN, Appellant in No. 94-7289.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Argued December 8, 1994.

Decided February 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela L. Wood (argued), Office of Atty. Gen. of Virgin Islands, Dept. of Justice, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI, for Government of the Virgin Islands, appellee in No. 94-7381.

Robert W. Bornholt, Office of Atty. Gen. of Virgin Islands, Dept of Justice, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI, for government of the Virgin Islands, appellee in No. 94-7289.

Augustin Ayala (argued), Office of Public Defender, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI, for Elveth Warner, appellant in No. 94-7381.

Rhys S. Hodge, Law Office of Rhys S. Hodge, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI, for Jacqueline Monsanto-Swan, appellant in No. 94-7289.

Before: SLOVITER, Chief Judge, SCIRICA and COWEN, Circuit Judges.


No. 94-7289 Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) December 8, 1994.

No. 94-7381 Argued December 8, 1994.

OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

Elveth Warner and Jacqueline Monsanto-Swan, in two related cases, appeal from orders of the Appellate Division of the District Court of the Virgin Islands that dismissed their appeals for lack of jurisdiction. These two cases present essentially the same issue of jurisdiction: whether...

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