SPRAUVE v. WEST INDIAN CO. LTD.

Nos. 13-4371, 14-1151.

799 F.3d 226 (2015)

Gershwain SPRAUVE, Appellant v. The WEST INDIAN COMPANY LIMITED; Joseph Boschulte; Board of Directors of The West Indian Company Limited Andrea V. Smith, Appellant v. The West Indian Company Limited; Joseph Boschulte, in his Personal Capacity; the Board of Directors of the West Indian Company Limited; Joseph Boschulte, as President and Chief Executive Officer of the West Indian Company Limited.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: August 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karin A. Bentz, Esq. , (Argued), Julita K. De León, Esq. , The Law Offices of Karin A. Bentz, P.C., St. Thomas, VI, Attorneys for Appellants Gershwain Sprauve and Andrea Smith.

Micol L. Morgan, Esq. , (Argued), Bailey A. Calhoun, Esq. , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, LLC, St. Thomas, VI, Attorneys for Appellee Joseph Boschulte in his individual capacity.

Mark D. Hodge, Esq. , (Argued), Hodge & Hodge, Adriane J. Dudley, Esq. , Dudley Rich Davis LLP, St. Thomas, VI, Attorney for Appellees The West Indian Company Limited; Board of Directors of the West Indian Company Limited; and Joseph Boschulte, as President and Chief Executive Officer of the West Indian Company.

Before: CHAGARES, JORDAN and SHWARTZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Gershwain Sprauve and Andrea Smith appeal the District Court's dismissal of their cases for the failure to state a claim. The District Court found that Sprauve's and Smith's claims under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 failed because...

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