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RIVERA v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

Civ. No. 1984/288.

635 F.Supp. 795 (1986)

Jerry RIVERA, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Defendant/Appellant.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Croix, Appellate Division.

May 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Coon, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for plaintiff/appellee.

Cornelius Evans, Dept. of Law, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for defendant/appellant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DAVID V. O'BRIEN, District Judge.

At issue in this appeal is whether a union member, seeking statutory relief unrelated to a collective bargaining agreement, must first exhaust grievance procedures provided in the agreement prior to filing suit. Since we find he does not, we will affirm the decision of the Territorial Court.

I. FACTS

The appellee, Jerry Rivera, ("Rivera"), was employed as a firefighter for the...

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