CLUB COMANCHE v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

No. 01-1717.

278 F.3d 250 (2002)

CLUB COMANCHE, INC. v. GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, and any other person or party claiming an interest in Plot 40 or 40A Strand Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

January 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iver A. Stridiron, Attorney General, Frederick Handleman, Solicitor General, Richard M. Prendergast (Argued), Assistant Attorney General, St. Croix, V.I., Counsel for Appellant.

Bethaney J. Pichierri (Argued), Tom Bolt & Associates, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Brian P. Kenney, Kenney & O'Shea, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellee.

Before BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and COWEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

A dispute between the Government of the Virgin Islands ("GVI") and a littoral landowner1 over the boundaries of a piece of property in downtown Christiansted, St. Croix, led to this quiet title action in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, which the District Court resolved by granting summary judgment to the plaintiff, Club Comanche, Inc. The threshold question in this appeal is...

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