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TERRITORIAL COURT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. RICHARDS

Civ. No. 1987/24.

674 F.Supp. 180 (1987)

TERRITORIAL COURT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. James R. RICHARDS, in his capacity as Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Interior, and Neal Littlefield, in his capacity as Regional Audit Manager, Caribbean Region, St. Thomas, V.I., Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Interior, Defendants.

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

November 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda J. Hollar, Leon Kendall, Gen. Counsel, Territorial Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for plaintiff.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael F. Hertz, Robert L. Ashbaugh, Attys., Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Terry M. Halpern, U.S. Atty., Charlotte Amalie, James S. Carroll III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., Thomas E. Robinson, Associate Sol., William S. Fields, U.S. Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DAVID V. O'BRIEN, District Judge.

We are asked to stay the enforcement pending appeal of a subpoena duces tecum directed to the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands. Although we see little likelihood of success on appeal, and, therefore, little danger of irreparable harm, we believe the public interest weighs heavily in favor of granting the stay.

I. FACTS and PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On October 21, 1987 this...

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