Legal Opinion
Vitex Manufacturing Company, Ltd. v. The Government of the Virgin Islands
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 13, 1965No. 15188PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStaley, Circuit Judge
OPINION OF THE COURT
To encourage the establishment of new business and the investment of capital, the Virgin Islands enacted an Industrial Incentive Program. Act No. 224, Virgin Islands Sess. Laws (1957). Tax and fee exemptions, as well as industrial subsidies were to be granted to certain businesses and industries to achieve this end.
“(e) In order that the encouragement tendered by this Act . . . [would have] a real and unmistakably sure basis, the Government of the Virgin Islands . . . declare [d] that it consider [ed] all orders granting subsidies and tax exemptions made available under…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- J. E. Riley Investment Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Fairbanks, Morse & Co. v. Consolidated Fisheries Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Century Distilling Co. v. Continental Distilling Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- United States v. RoseCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- King Christian Enterprises, Inc. v. The Government of the Virgin IslandsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Jack Burton Tunnell v. Doris Wiley and Richard Sprague, First Asst. District AttorneyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Jersey Central Power & Light Co. v. Local Unions 327, 749, 1289, 1298, 1303, 1309 & 1314 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- In the Matter of the Estate of Van B. Hooper, Deceased. The Government of the Virgin IslandsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Virgo Corp. v. PaiewonskyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- The Pentheny, Ltd. v. Government of the Virgin IslandsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
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