Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands

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appellate court court supreme court territorial court

The Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands is the highest appellate court for the U.S. Virgin Islands, overseeing the territory’s judicial system and interpreting its laws and constitution.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
courts of the Virgin Islands	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court ⓘ supreme court ⓘ territorial court ⓘ
appealsFrom	Superior Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
authorizedBy	Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
barAdmissionAuthority	regulates admission to the Virgin Islands Bar ⓘ
beganOperations	2007 ⓘ
chiefJudgeTitle	Chief Justice ⓘ
compositionDeterminedBy	Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: Virgin Islands Legislature
country	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
courtRules	promulgates rules of appellate procedure ⓘ promulgates rules of professional conduct for attorneys in the Virgin Islands ⓘ
createdBy	Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: Virgin Islands Legislature
decisionsReviewableBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
disciplinaryAuthority	oversees attorney discipline in the Virgin Islands ⓘ
established	2004 ⓘ
governs	appellate procedure in the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
handles	appeals in civil cases ⓘ appeals in criminal cases ⓘ appeals in family law cases ⓘ appeals in probate cases ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	interpretation of territorial statutes ⓘ interpretation of the Virgin Islands Constitution ⓘ
hasPosition	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
hears	appeals from administrative agencies of the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
highestCourtOf	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
judgeTitle	Justice ⓘ
judicialReview	can review constitutionality of territorial laws ⓘ
jurisdiction	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	United States common law ⓘ
location	Saint Thomas ⓘ surface form: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
numberOfJudges	3 ⓘ
oversees	judicial system of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
partOf	Government of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands
role	highest appellate court for the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ interprets constitution of the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ interprets laws of the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
seat	Charlotte Amalie ⓘ
termTypeOfJudges	fixed term ⓘ
typeOfCourt	court of last resort ⓘ
website	https://www.visupremecourt.org/ ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Superior Court of the Virgin Islands → hasAppellateTo → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Government of the United States Virgin Islands → highestCourt → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Government of the United States Virgin Islands → judicialBody → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

U.S. Virgin Islands → judicialBody → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands → sourceOfAuthorityFor → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of the Virgin Islands