Legal Opinion
West Indian Co. v. Government of the Virgin Islands
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided September 3, 1986No. Civ. No. 1986/293PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
For 73 years The West Indian Company, Limited, has had rights of reclamation in the principal harbor of St. Thomas. These rights were preserved in the 1917 treaty between Denmark and the United States whereby the Virgin Islands became a United States possession. They have been conceded and accepted by every territorial elected governor, their attorneys general, and two separately elected territorial legislatures. The issue before us is whether these rights, now contained in a contract to which the territorial government is a party, may be extinguished by the…
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