Legal Opinion
Smith v. Government of the Virgin Islands
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 23, 1967No. 15,443PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, Circuit Judge
OPINION OF THE COURT
This appeal raises the important question of the power of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands to authorize the private sale to a designated grantee of a specific plot of land owned by the Government of the Virgin Islands.
In 1961 a plot of land, consisting of 1,010 square feet, at Domini Gade No. 8T, St. Thomas, was escheated to the Government of the Virgin Islands pursuant to a judgment entered by the district court. A few months later the Legislature passed and the Governor approved Act No. 876, which authorized the Governor to transfer the plot to the Department of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Balzac v. Porto RicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Old Dearborn Distributing Co. v. Seagram-Distillers Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Wheeler v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
- Harvey v. Clyde Park Dist.Illinois Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Albion William BodleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Jewel Rose Hyde Patricia Yvonne Gray Karen Boothe, A/K/A Karen Boothe-Waller, A/K/A Karen Ann Marie BootheCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. RijosDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1968
- Berne Corp. v. Government of the Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 2003
- Silverlight v. HugginsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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