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H. I. HETTINGER & CO. v. MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS, ETC.

Nos. 10318, 10366.

187 F.2d 774 (1951)

H. I. HETTINGER & CO. v. MUNICIPALITY OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN et al. H. I. HETTINGER & CO. v. MUNICIPALITY OF ST. CROIX et al.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1951.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert S. McConnell, San Juan, P. R. (McConnell & Valdes, San Juan, P. R., on the brief), for appellant.

Croxton Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charlotte Amalie, V. I., for appellees.

Before MARIS, GOODRICH and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

These cases raise the question of the applicability of local taxing statutes to a contractor engaged in the performance of a contract for the United States government. H. I. Hettinger and Company, the appellant, brought an action for a declaratory judgment in the court below seeking a declaration that it, while engaged in its then activity in the Virgin Islands, did not have to pay certain local taxes. The District Court decided for the defendant...

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