Legal Opinion

Virgin Islands Conservation Society, Inc. v. Virgin Islands Board of Land Use Appeals

District Court, Virgin Islands

Decided December 27, 1985No. Civil No. 1984/292PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, Judge

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The petitioners appeal from a decision of the respondent which reversed a decision of the Coastal Zone Management Commission, St. Croix Committee. The effect of the Board’s reversal was to give approval to the construction of a cruise port terminal at Gallows Bay in Christiansted Harbor by the Virgin Islands Port Authority. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse, and reinstate the decision of the Coastal Zone Management Commission, St. Croix Committee (“CZM Committee”), which denied the application.

I. FACTS

In February 1984, the Virgin Islands Port Authority (“Authority”)…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Perry v. Government Employees Service CommissionDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1981
  3. Branch v. BryanDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1980

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Environmental Ass'n of St. Thomas-St. John v. Virgin Islands Board of Land Use AppealsSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 1994
  2. Virgin Islands Conservation Society, Inc. v. Virgin Islands Board of Land Use AppealsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1994
  3. Virgin Islands Conservation Society, Inc. v. Virgin Islands Board of Land Use AppealsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 2007
  4. Environmental Ass'n of St. Thomas-St. John v. Virgin Islands Board of Land Use AppealsSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 1994
  5. Environmental Ass'n v. Virgin Islands Board of Land Use AppealsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1994

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