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H.R. 6116 (112th)

To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for direct review by the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court, and for other purposes.

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12 July 2012

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Became Public Law No: 112-226.

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10 August 2026

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Summary

Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, with respect to the judicial procedure for appealing from the decisions of courts of the Virgin Islands to courts of the United States, to remove the temporary jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to review by a writ of certiorari the final decisions of the highest court of the Virgin Islands (thereby providing for direct appeals from the Virgin Islands Supreme Court to the U.S. Supreme Court).

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