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SAILER v. TONKIN

Civ. No. 156/1972.

356 F.Supp. 72 (1973)

Johann SAILER, Plaintiff, v. Ronald TONKIN et al., Defendants.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Thomas and St. John.

March 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey, Wood & Rosenberg, St. Thomas, V. I. (Bailey & Wood, St. Thomas, V. I., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Ronald Tonkin, Atty. Gen. of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, V. I., for defendants.

ACTION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WARREN H. YOUNG, District Judge.

The plaintiff, an Austrian national who was in the employ of the German Atlantic Line on the cruise ship "Hanseatic" at the time of his injury,1 has brought this suit to test the constitutionality of 34 V.I.C. § 161. That section is part of the territorial Criminal Victims Compensation Act and specifically bars non-resident aliens...

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