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INTER-ISLAND TRANSPORT LINE, INC. v. GOV'T OF V. I.

No. 75-1999.

539 F.2d 322 (1976)

INTER-ISLAND TRANSPORT LINE, INC. v. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verne A. Hodge, Atty. Gen., William L. Neff, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Gov't of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellant.

Dougherty, Ryan, Mahoney, Pellegrino & Giuffra, New York City, Grunert, Stout, Hymes & Mayer, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellee.

Before VAN DUSEN, ADAMS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

A perennial water shortage presents the Virgin Islands with a unique version of a problem which is endemic to governmental bodies today — lack of liquidity. The present case reflects the efforts of the Virgin Islands Government to alleviate its water problem by obtaining the precious liquid from Puerto Rico. Plaintiff Inter-Island Transport Line Co. ("Inter-Island") hauled water for the Government over a...

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