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GOVERNMENT OF V. I. v. ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF V. I.

No. 75-2163.

536 F.2d 34 (1976)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS and Cyril E. King, Governor of the Virgin Islands v. ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred L. Scanlan, John Townsend Rich, and Joseph C. Zengerle, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D. C., and Alexander A. Farrelly, and Maria Tankenson Hodge, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellants; James S. Wisby and Patricia A. Porter, Legislative Counsel, V.I. Legislature, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., of counsel.

Verne A. Hodge, Atty. Gen. of the Virgin Islands, Dept. of Law, Daniel C. Learned, Asst. Atty. Gen., William L. Neff, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellees.

Before VAN DUSEN, ADAMS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.

This case presents for resolution a dispute between the Governor of the Virgin Islands and the Eleventh Legislature of the Virgin Islands over the nature and extent of the Governor's veto power. We affirm the district court's declaratory judgment in favor of the Governor.

Near the end of June 1975, the Legislature adopted three appropriations bills,1 each bill containing...

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