48 U.S.C. § 1400
Repealed. Pub. L. 98–454, title VII, § 709, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1741
[repealed]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1968–1994 · leading case: Interested Underwriters at Lloyd's v. Haulover Marine, Inc., 866 F. Supp. 235 (D.V.I. 1994).
Interested Underwriters at Lloyd's v. Haulover Marine, Inc., 866 F. Supp. 235 (D.V.I. 1994). “§ 1615 (specifically applying "[t]he rules of practice and procedure ... in civil cases [and] in admiralty cases" to the District Court of the Virgin Islands), into the general grant of jurisdiction now found in 48 U.”
DeWindt v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp., 1978 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6924 (D.V.I. 1978). “48 U.S.C. § 1400 (1970). And see 28 U.S.C.”
Gov't of the Virgin Islands v. Trafton, 14 V.I. 192 (1977). “Admiralty jurisdiction is exclusively granted to the District Court of the Virgin Islands ( 48 U.S.C. § 1400 , supra); and local legislative power may not be inconsistent with any law of the United States applicable to the Virgin Islands (Revised Organic Act of 1954, § 8;…”
Sabre Enter., Ltd. v. Hotel on the Cay, Inc., 6 V.I. 611 (1968). “§ 1333 , under the heading “Admiralty, maritime and prize cases,” provides: “The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of: (1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases all other…”
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