Benjamin v. AIG Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that justiciability considerations such as standing and mootness should be treated as a “claims processing rule,” and are subject to waiver if the opposing party fails to raise it as a defense
• finding that exhibits attached to the pleadings did not constitute “matters outside the pleadings” for purposes of a motion for judgement on the pleadings
• overruling all prior Virgin Islands case law characterizing standing, mootness, ripeness, and other doctrines stemming from Article m’s cases and controversies requirement as jurisdictional as applied to Virgin Islands courts
• deeming an argument solely mused within a party 5 reply brief to be waived
• “[Standing . . . functions in the courts of the Virgin Islands as a claims processing rule that is subject to waiver should [a] party ... fail to raise it in a timely manner.”
• overruling “any, language in older opinions indicating that standing is jurisdictional”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

47 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rennie v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-02-06· cited 59×
• Simon v. Joseph
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-09-11· cited 57×
• Walters v. Walters
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-04-28· cited 48×
• Bryan v. Fawkes
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-08-28· cited 45×
• Williams v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-04-05· cited 44×
• Bryan v. Fawkes
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-10-24· cited 42×
• Codrington v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-07-20· cited 34×
• Najawicz v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-03-15· cited 34×
• Brooks v. Government of the Virgin Islands
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-05-02· cited 33×
• Haynes v. Ottley
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-12-01· cited 32×
• United Corp. v. Hamed
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-01-12· cited 31×
• In re Q.G.
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-02-28· cited 26×
• Isaac v. Crichlow
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-02-10· cited 22×
• Christopher v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-09-28· cited 20×
• Virgin Islands Narcotics Strike Force v. Government of Virgin Islands Public Employees Relations Board
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-12-02· cited 20×
• McIntosh v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-11-29· cited 19×
• Mapp v. Fawkes
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-11-14· cited 19×
• Government of the United States Virgin Islands v. Takata Corp.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-06-19· cited 17×
• In re Virgin Islands Bar Ass'n Committee
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-10-26· cited 15×
• Virgin Islands Taxi Ass'n v. Virgin Islands Port Authority
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-07-26· cited 14×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Liteky v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-03-07· cited 7,016×
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-14· cited 924×
• National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Scheidler
  Supreme Court· 1994-01-24· cited 661×
• Leamer v. Fauver
  Third Circuit· 2002-04-19· cited 361×
• Rosenau v. Unifund Corp.
  Third Circuit· 2008-08-20· cited 316×
• Government of Virgin Islands v. Gereau
  Third Circuit· 1974-08-15· cited 237×
• St. Thomas-St. John Board of Elections v. Daniel
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2007-09-17· cited 196×
• Monica L. McDowell Elvig v. Calvin Presbyterian Church Will Ackles
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-07-23· cited 173×
• Michael Mele v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  Third Circuit· 2004-02-24· cited 162×
• Pell v. EI DuPont De Nemours & Co. Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2008-08-08· cited 75×
• Joseph v. Bureau of Corrections
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-03-07· cited 54×
• Arlington Funding Services, Inc. v. Geigel
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2009-02-09· cited 41×
• Martinez v. Colombian Emeralds, Inc.
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2009-03-04· cited 34×
• Simpson v. Golden
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-02-09· cited 32×
• Bernhardt v. Bernhardt
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2009-04-17· cited 31×
• In re the Guardianship of Smith
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-11-15· cited 30×
• Farrell v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-03-03· cited 29×
• Vazquez v. Vazquez
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-10-15· cited 26×
• Government of the Virgin Islands v. AT&T of the Virgin Islands, Inc.
  Virgin Islands· 2009-04-17· cited 5×