Legal Opinion
Urgent v. Technical Assistance Bureau, Inc.
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided April 9, 2003No. CIV.2001/0149PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FINCH, Chief Judge.
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. A hearing was held on such motions on Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Defendants assert that they have insufficient contacts with the Virgin Islands for the Court to exercise in per-sonam jurisdiction under the Virgin Island long-arm statute, 5 V.I.C. § 4903 or the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 1
I. The Breadth of the Virgin Islands Long-Arm Statute
The exercise of personal jurisdiction over a defendant must comport both with the Virgin…
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