Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. 0.459 Acres of Land
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided September 24, 2003No. CIV.A.1999/064, CIV. 855/1992PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The Government of the Virgin islands (“appellant”, “Government”) appeals the Territorial Court’s confirmation of an arbitration award in this condemnation action. Appellant raises a singular issue on appeal: Whether an assistant attorney general has the legal authority to agree to and engage in binding arbitration to determine the amount of compensation to be awarded a property owner. Answering that question requires consideration of several submis-sues, which the parties present, including: 1) whether estoppel applies to bar the Government from questioning the validity of…
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