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ALEXANDER HAMILTON LIFE INS. CO. v. GOVT. OF V.I.

Nos. 83-3572, 83-3600.

757 F.2d 534 (1985)

ALEXANDER HAMILTON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellee in No. 83-3572, Appellant in No. 83-3600, v. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS OF the UNITED STATES, Appellant in No. 83-3572, Appellee in No. 83-3600.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 1, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren B. Cole (Argued), Isherwood, Hunter & Colianni, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., for Alexander Hamilton Life Ins. Co. of America.

J'ada M. Finch-Sheen, Atty. Gen., Richard R. Knoepfel (Argued), Chief, Civil & Administrative Law, Laurence Ramer, Asst. Atty. Gen., V.I. Dept. of Law, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for Government of the Virgin Islands.

Before SEITZ and BECKER, Circuit Judges, and TEITELBAUM, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied April 1, 1985.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

On November 12, 1493, during his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus dropped anchor near what is known today as Salt River Bay just off the Island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. The Carib Indians, understandably disturbed by this invasion of their domain, attacked Columbus's landing party and forced it to retreat before...

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