48 U.S.C. § 861
Repealed. July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 5(2), 64 Stat. 320
[repealed]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1928–1976 · leading case: Gelpi v. Tugwell, 123 F.2d 377 (1st Cir. 1941).
Gelpi v. Tugwell, 123 F.2d 377 (1st Cir. 1941). “965 , 968, 48 U.S.C.A. §§ 861 , 735, 736, Congress left in force so much of the Act of March 9, 1905, Laws of P.”
Agana Bay Dev. Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd. v. Supreme Court of Guam, Dillingham Corp. of the Pac., Real Party in Interest, 529 F.2d 952 (9th Cir. 1976). “, § 40; 48 U.S.C. § 861 (1952). For the Virgin Islands the judicial power is vested in a district court and “in such court or courts of inferior jurisdiction as may have been or may hereafter be established by local law.”
Riera v. Riera, 152 F.2d 86 (1st Cir. 1945). “951 , 965, 48 U.S.C.A. § 861 , the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico wholly lacked jurisdiction to review the insular district court orders in question on certiorari, and furthermore, that even if it had jurisdiction to review by such writs, it had jurisdiction thereon only to vacate…”
Diaz Cintron v. People of Porto Rico, 24 F.2d 957 (1st Cir. 1928). “951 , known as the, Jones Law, provides in section 40 (48 USCA § 861): “Section 40. That the judicial power shall be vested in the courts and tribunals of Porto Rico now established and in operation under and by virtue of existing laws, * .”
Ferrocarriles Del Este v. Bowie, 136 F.2d 527 (1st Cir. 1943). “84 , 48 U.S.C.A. § 861 note, these insular courts were continued, with provision for the appointment of the judges of the Supreme Court by the President and of the judges of the inferior courts by the Governor.”
Buscaglia v. Dist. Court of San Juan, 64 P.R. 11 (1944). “3 Iiow can the opposite result be justified in a civil-law jurisdiction? We must not loss sight of the fact that the jurisdiction of the courts of Puerto Eico depends upon enactments of the Insular Legislature (Title 48 U.S.C.A. § 861 ). It is our Legislature which grants — and…”
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