Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. 19.623 Acres of Land, Etc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 26, 1976No. 76-1452PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge
In this appeal, the Government of the Virgin Islands challenges the ruling of the district court that held improper the attempted condemnation of certain St. Croix properties for highway purposes.
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As a preliminary step in its efforts to extend the Cross-Island Highway, which is planned to go from Christiansted to Frederiksted on the island of St. Croix, the Government of the Virgin Islands filed a condemnation complaint in June 1975. The government hoped to acquire several enumerated properties pursuant to its complaint, through the exercise of the…
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