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VIRGIN ISLANDS BAR v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

Civ. Nos. 84/38, 84/5 and 85/193.

648 F.Supp. 170 (1986)

The VIRGIN ISLANDS BAR ASSOCIATION, Britain H. Bryant, John E. Stout, Plaintiffs, v. The GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Defendant. Brenda J. HOLLAR, Stedmann Hodge, Charlotte L. Poole-Davis, and Clarice A. Bryan, Plaintiffs, v. The GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Virgin Islands Bar Association and District Court of the Virgin Islands, Defendants. Petition to DISINTEGRATE the VIRGIN ISLANDS BAR ASSOCIATION.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Thomas and St. John.

October 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Diehm, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for U.S. Dist. Court.

J'Ada Finch-Sheen, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for Government of V.I.

Brenda J. Hollar, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for plaintiffs Hollar, Hodge, Poole-Davis and Bryan.

Judith Turner, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for V.I. Bar Assn.

Frank Padilla, Frederiksted, St. Croix, V.I., for petitioner in Civ. No. 85/193.

OPINION

ANNE E. THOMPSON, District Judge.

The consolidated matters before us are concerned with the requirements imposed upon attorneys by the Virgin Islands government attendant upon the privilege of practicing law in that Territory. The plaintiffs' complaints focus on two factors: the increase in the licensing fee for attorneys from $100 to $500 per year, and the creation of a unified ["integrated"] bar association in the Virgin Islands, membership in...

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