Legal Opinion
Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. Duly Authorized Government
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 21, 1972No. 19,524PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge
Pan American World Airways, Inc. (Pan American), the plaintiff in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, appeals from an order of that court dismissing its complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. The defendants are the duly authorized Government of the Virgin Islands and the Commissioner of Finance of the Government of the Virgin Islands. On August 15, 1967 Pan American filed a complaint seeking to have the court declare that the gross receipts tax imposed by 33 V.I.C. § 43(a), (b), as applied to an international air carrier, is…
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