Centralpack Engineering Corp. v. Government of the Virgin Islands

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This case involves the public sale of the plaintiff’s real property on account of unpaid taxes. The Government violated fundamental due process as well as specific statutory mandates. Neither the statute of limitations nor the doctrine of laches bars this action. Accordingly, the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment will be granted and the sale set aside.

FACTS

In September, 1979, the plaintiff, Centralpack Engineering Corporation (“Centralpack”), a small, family-owned New Jersey company, bought 0.6824 acres of undeveloped beachfront property at 24 Turner’s Hole, on the…