United States v. The Isla De Cuba

How courts have described this case

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

• looking to similar state constitutional provisions to interpret the Revised Organic Act
• “In this appeal, this Court is asked to resolve a vital, recurring issue which has caused a split among the judges of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands.”
• “[Section 3 of the ROA] remains a valid legal provision to be observed and implemented by local courts . . . [and] governs the issue of pretrial detention for first degree murder defendants in local Virgin Islands courts . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).