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Code · U.S. Code · Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS · CHAPTER 12— VIRGIN ISLANDS [1954] · SUBCHAPTER V— JUDICIAL BRANCH · § 1613

§ 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

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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.
(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 23, 68 Stat. 506; Pub. L. 98–454, title VII, § 704, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1739; Pub. L. 103–437, § 17(a)(4), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4595; Pub. L. 112–226, § 1, Dec. 28, 2012, 126 Stat. 1606.)
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  • July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 23
  • 68 Stat. 506
  • Pub. L. 98–454, title VII, § 704
  • 98 Stat. 1739
  • Pub. L. 103–437, § 17(a)(4)
  • 108 Stat. 4595
  • Pub. L. 112–226, § 1
  • 126 Stat. 1606
  • Pub. L. 112–226
  • Pub. L. 103–437
  • Pub. L. 98–454
  • section 3 of Pub. L. 112–226
  • section 1005 of Pub. L. 98–454
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§ 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
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ActJuly 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 23
Stat.68 Stat. 506
Pub. L.Pub. L. 98–454, title VII, § 704
Stat.98 Stat. 1739
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–437, § 17(a)(4)
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