Third Circuit· 12/21/2012

Timothy Defoe v. Lenroy Phillip

Citations

702 F.3d 735
2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 26138
2012 WL 6643863

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recognizing that the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands has the authority to abrogate Third Circuit precedent on local law
explaining that our limited oversight over the Virgin Islands Supreme Court 46 F.3d 560, 567 (3d Cir. 2012) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted
explaining that our limited oversight over the Virgin Islands Supreme Court “requires us to affirm [its] decisions . .. that are based on territorial law unless those decisions are inescapably wrong”
explaining that “[bJecause resolution of this issue is not necessary to our decision herein, we express no opinion as to whether the Third Circuit is correct that the duty to provide a safe workplace is a non-delegable duty under Virgin Islands common law”
accepting certiorari over a judgment of this Court to determine whether this Court possessed the authority to reject a prior Third Circuit precedent construing a Virgin Islands statute, ultimately concluding that this Court possesses such authority
describing this as a “manifest error” standard

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Judges: Smith, Hardiman, Roth

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