ST. THOMAS-ST. JOHN HOTEL v. U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND

No. CIV.1999-54.

216 F.Supp.2d 460 (2002)

The ST. THOMAS - ST. JOHN HOTEL & TOURISM ASSOCIATION, INC., The St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce, Inc., and The St. Croix Hotel & Tourism Association, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. The GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLAND by and through VIRGIN ISLANDS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR and Euleteria Roberts, in her official capacity as Acting Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Labor, Defendants, Elsa Huggins and Ladiah White, Intervenors.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Thomas and St. John.

August 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Engeman, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for the plaintiffs.

Carol S. Moore, Assistant Attorney General, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for the defendants.

Kathleen Navin, Richard Austin, Legal Services of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., for the intervenors.


MEMORANDUM

MOORE, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

The plaintiffs brought this action seeking to permanently enjoin the Government of the Virgin Islands ["government"] from conducting any preliminary or formal hearings on wrongful discharge claims premised on the Virgin Islands Wrongful Discharge Act ["WDA"], 24 V.I.C. §§ 71-76, on the ground that the WDA is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act ["NLRA"], 29 U.S.C. §§ 151...

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