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St. Thomas-St. John Hotel & Tourism Ass'n v. Government of the United States Virgin Islands Ex Rel. Virgin Islands Department of Labor
3rd CircuitFebruary 11, 2004No. 02-3621Cited 18 times
Defendant WinGovernment of the United States Virgin Islands
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Roth
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
- Circuit
- 3rd Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Outcome
The District Court upheld the Virgin Islands Wrongful Discharge Act (WDA) as applied to supervisors and determined it was not preempted by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The court rejected the employer associations' arguments that the WDA was preempted by federal labor law.
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