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IN RE PETITION OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, ETC.

No. 12078.

242 F.2d 902 (1957)

In the Matter of PETITION OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS to Compel Percy DE JONGH, Commissioner of Finance, to Appear and Present Documents.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon P. Miller, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellant.

Almeric L. Christian, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, WOODBURY and KALODNER, Circuit Judges.

MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.

We have here a case of more than ordinary difficulty, involving a delicate issue of power as between a popularly elected legislature of a dependent unincorporated territory and an executive department presided over by a governor appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate of the United States. More concretely, the question is whether, under the Revised Organic Act, 68 Stat. 497, 48 U.S...

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