Legal Opinion
Ball v. Government of the Virgin Islands Public Services Commission
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided February 26, 1987No. Civil No. 1986/218PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
The question before us is whether a landlord that supplies well water to its tenants is a public utility within the meaning of 30 V.I.C. § 1(a)(4). We answer affirmatively but hold that mere inclusion within this definition does not constitute a taking to implicate the Just Compensation Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
I. FACTS
Plaintiff Vernon Ball owns and operates a mobile home park in the Golden Grove area of St. Croix in the name of Island Mobile Homes. The venture includes forty trailers and houses, most of which are owned by Ball, as well as a laundry and…
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