Legal Opinion
United States v. Government of the Virgin Islands
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 2, 2004No. 03-1727PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NYGAARD, BECKER, and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges
OPINION OF THE COURT
This is an appeal by the Government of the Virgin Islands (the “GVI”) from an order of the District Court of the Virgin Islands in a Clean Water Act enforcement action brought by the United States pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 1319(b). The case was commenced two decades ago, and in 1985, the United States and the GVI entered into a consent decree pursuant to which the GVI agreed to make certain improvements to its wastewater systems so as to come into compliance with effluent limitations in its discharge permits. The GVI repeatedly…
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