Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands

E9852

appellate court court supreme court territorial court

The Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands is the highest appellate court for the U.S. Virgin Islands, overseeing the territory’s judicial system and interpreting its laws and constitution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands canonical	11
Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands courthouse	1
courts of the Virgin Islands	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T45194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands
Context triple: [U.S. Virgin Islands, judicialBody, Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands]

A. District Court of the Virgin Islands
The District Court of the Virgin Islands is a federal territorial court that handles both federal and certain local cases arising in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
B. Supreme Court of Guam
The Supreme Court of Guam is the highest appellate court in the U.S. territory of Guam, responsible for interpreting its laws and constitution.
C. Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico
The Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico is the intermediate appellate court in Puerto Rico’s judicial system, reviewing decisions from lower courts under the supervision of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
D. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico is the highest judicial authority in Puerto Rico, responsible for interpreting the territory’s constitution and laws and overseeing its court system.
E. Legislature of the Virgin Islands
The Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the unicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. Virgin Islands, responsible for enacting territorial laws, approving budgets, and overseeing the executive branch.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands
Target entity description: The Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands is the highest appellate court for the U.S. Virgin Islands, overseeing the territory’s judicial system and interpreting its laws and constitution.

A. District Court of the Virgin Islands
The District Court of the Virgin Islands is a federal territorial court that handles both federal and certain local cases arising in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
B. Supreme Court of Guam
The Supreme Court of Guam is the highest appellate court in the U.S. territory of Guam, responsible for interpreting its laws and constitution.
C. Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico
The Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico is the intermediate appellate court in Puerto Rico’s judicial system, reviewing decisions from lower courts under the supervision of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
D. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico is the highest judicial authority in Puerto Rico, responsible for interpreting the territory’s constitution and laws and overseeing its court system.
E. Legislature of the Virgin Islands
The Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the unicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. Virgin Islands, responsible for enacting territorial laws, approving budgets, and overseeing the executive branch.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court ⓘ supreme court ⓘ territorial court ⓘ
appealsFrom	Superior Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
authorizedBy	Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
barAdmissionAuthority	regulates admission to the Virgin Islands Bar ⓘ
beganOperations	2007 ⓘ
chiefJudgeTitle	Chief Justice ⓘ
compositionDeterminedBy	Virgin Islands Legislature ⓘ linked to: Legislature of the Virgin Islands
country	United States Virgin Islands ⓘ linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands
courtRules	promulgates rules of appellate procedure ⓘ promulgates rules of professional conduct for attorneys in the Virgin Islands ⓘ
createdBy	Virgin Islands Legislature ⓘ linked to: Legislature of the Virgin Islands
decisionsReviewableBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
disciplinaryAuthority	oversees attorney discipline in the Virgin Islands ⓘ
established	2004 ⓘ
governs	appellate procedure in the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
handles	appeals in civil cases ⓘ appeals in criminal cases ⓘ appeals in family law cases ⓘ appeals in probate cases ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	interpretation of territorial statutes ⓘ interpretation of the Virgin Islands Constitution ⓘ
hasPosition	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
hears	appeals from administrative agencies of the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
highestCourtOf	United States Virgin Islands ⓘ linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands
judgeTitle	Justice ⓘ
judicialReview	can review constitutionality of territorial laws ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States Virgin Islands ⓘ linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	United States common law ⓘ
location	Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ linked to: Saint Thomas
numberOfJudges	3 ⓘ
oversees	judicial system of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
partOf	judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ linked to: Government of the United States Virgin Islands
role	highest appellate court for the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ interprets constitution of the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ interprets laws of the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
seat	Charlotte Amalie ⓘ
termTypeOfJudges	fixed term ⓘ
typeOfCourt	court of last resort ⓘ
website	https://www.visupremecourt.org/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Virgin Islands → judicialBody → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Government of the United States Virgin Islands → judicialBody → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Government of the United States Virgin Islands → highestCourt → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands → sourceOfAuthorityFor → courts of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands

Superior Court of the Virgin Islands → hasAppellateTo → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands → hasPart → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands → highestCourt → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands → appealsFromTerritorialCourtsReviewedBy → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Civil Division (Superior Court of the Virgin Islands) → appealsTo → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

subject linked to: Civil Division

Virgin Islands Code → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands → partOf → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands → headOfGovernmentBody → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands → seat → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands courthouse ⓘ