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TERRITORIAL CT. OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS v. RICHARDS

No. 87-3720.

847 F.2d 108 (1988)

TERRITORIAL COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellant, 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.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda J. Hollar (argued), Leon Kendall, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for appellant.

Robert L. Ashbaugh (argued), Michael F. Hertz, Douglas N. Letter, Joan Hartman, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Terry Halpern, U.S. Atty., Thomas Robinson, Associate Solicitor, William Fields, Staff Atty., U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C., James S. Carroll, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for appellees.

Before SEITZ, HIGGINBOTHAM and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

I. JURISDICTION AND SCOPE OF REVIEW

This appeal requires us to determine whether the Department of the Interior is authorized by Congress to audit the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands.

The District Court of the Virgin Islands had jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (1982); 48 U.S.C. § 1612(a) (1982). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1982).

II. FACTS...

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