48 U.S.C. § 1613 : US Code - Section 1613: Relations between courts of United States and courts of Virgin Islands; review by United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit; reports to Congress; rules

Search 48 U.S.C. § 1613 : US Code - Section 1613: Relations between courts of United States and courts of Virgin Islands; review by United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit; reports to Congress; rules

The relations between the courts established by the Constitution
or laws of the United States and the courts established by local
law with respect to appeals, certiorari, removal of causes, the
issuance of writs of habeas corpus, and other matters or
proceedings shall be governed by the laws of the United States
pertaining to the relations between the courts of the United
States, including the Supreme Court of the United States, and the
courts of the several States in such matters and proceedings:
Provided, That for the first fifteen years following the
establishment of the appellate court authorized by section 1611(a)
of this title, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit shall have jurisdiction to review by writ of certiorari all
final decisions of the highest court of the Virgin Islands from
which a decision could be had. The Judicial Council of the Third
Circuit shall submit reports to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of
the House of Representatives at intervals of five years following
the establishment of such appellate court as to whether it has
developed sufficient institutional traditions to justify direct
review by the Supreme Court of the United States from all such
final decisions. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit shall have jurisdiction to promulgate rules necessary to
carry out the provisions of this section.