Legal Opinion
Club Comanche, Inc. v. Government of Virgin Islands
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 14, 2002No. 01-1717UnknownCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
A dispute between the Government of the Virgin Islands (“GVI”) and a littoral landowner 1 over the boundaries of a piece of property in downtown Christiansted, St. Croix, led to this quiet title action in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, which the District Court resolved by granting summary judgment to the plaintiff, Club Comanche, Inc. The threshold question in this appeal is whether the District Court had (or lacked) subject matter jurisdiction. Applying the “well-pleaded complaint rule,” we conclude that none of the asserted bases for…
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