District Court of the Virgin Islands
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The District Court of the Virgin Islands is a federal territorial court that handles both federal and certain local cases arising in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States district court
→
federal territorial court → |
| abbreviation | D.V.I. → |
| appellateTo | United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit → |
| appliesLaw |
United States federal law
→
Virgin Islands local law → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| createdBy | United States Congress → |
| governsTerritory |
Saint Croix
→
surface form: "St. Croix"
Saint John →
surface form: "St. John"
Saint Thomas →
surface form: "St. Thomas"
|
| handles |
certain local cases
→
federal cases → |
| hasClerkOffice |
Saint Croix
→
surface form: "St. Croix"
Saint Thomas →
surface form: "St. Thomas"
|
| hasOfficialLanguage | English → |
| hasSeat |
Saint Croix
→
surface form: "St. Croix"
Saint Thomas →
surface form: "St. Thomas"
|
| hasType | Article IV territorial court → |
| hasWebsite | https://www.vid.uscourts.gov → |
| hears |
bankruptcy matters
→
civil cases → criminal cases → |
| jurisdiction |
U.S. Virgin Islands
→
surface form: "United States Virgin Islands"
|
| legalSystem | United States federal court system → |
| locatedIn |
Caribbean
→
U.S. Virgin Islands →
surface form: "United States Virgin Islands"
|
| notInstanceOf | Article III constitutional court → |
| partOf |
federal judiciary of the United States
→
surface form: "Judiciary of the United States"
|
| subjectTo | oversight of the Judicial Conference of the United States → |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands
→
handlesCasesIn
→
District Court of the Virgin Islands
→
this entity surface form: "United States District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands"
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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reviewsCasesFrom
→
District Court of the Virgin Islands
→