UNION v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

No. 13-1247.

746 F.3d 115 (2014)

UNITED INDUSTRIAL, SERVICE, TRANSPORTATION, PROFESSIONAL AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, on Behalf of Ernest BASON, Petitioner, v. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: March 19, 2014.

As Amended March 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Namosha Boykin, Esq. , (argued), Amos W. Carty, Jr., Esq. , Pedro K. Williams, Esq. , St. Thomas, VI, Counsel for Petitioner.

Joss N. Springette, Esq. (argued), Office of Collective Bargaining, St. Thomas, VI, Counsel for Respondent.

BEFORE: FISHER, COWEN AND NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

This matter comes before us on a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the United Industrial, Service, Transportation, Professional and Government Workers of North America Seafarers Union ("Union") on behalf of Ernest Bason, Esq., asking us to review a decision by the Virgin Islands Supreme Court. On December 28, 2012, the President signed H.R. 6116, "a bill that would eliminate our certiorari jurisdiction over final decisions...

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