WATER ISLE HOTEL AND BEACH CLUB, LTD. v. KON TIKI ST. THOMAS, INC.

No. 85-3475.

795 F.2d 325 (1986)

WATER ISLE HOTEL AND BEACH CLUB, LTD., Appellee, v. KON TIKI ST. THOMAS, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce W. Streibich (argued), Frederick G. Watts, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellant.

Maria Tankenson Hodge (argued), St. Thomas, V.I., for appellee.

Before HUNTER, WEIS, and MANSMANN, Circuit Judges.


WEIS, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether the Virgin Islands government has authority to enact legislation affecting property owned by the United States but which has been leased to a private entity. We conclude that because Congress has granted concurrent jurisdiction to the Virgin Islands, the local statutes should be given effect. Consequently, we will vacate an injunction granted by the district court based on the erroneous view that the territorial...

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