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VIRGIN ISLANDS HOUSING AUTH. v. COASTAL GEN. CONST.

No. 93-7819.

27 F.3d 911 (1994)

VIRGIN ISLANDS HOUSING AUTHORITY; American Arbitration Association, Virgin Islands Housing Authority, Appellee, v. COASTAL GENERAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CORPORATION; Charley's Trucking, Coastal General Construction Services Corporation, Appellant. COASTAL GENERAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CORPORATION, Appellant, v. AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION; Virgin Islands Housing Authority, Virgin Islands Housing Authority, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Goetz (argued), William B. Flynn, Goetz, Fitzpatrick & Flynn, New York City, Matthew J. Duensing, D'Amour Jones Stryker & Duensing, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas U.S. VI, for appellant, Coastal General Const. Services Corp.

Christopher M. Kise (argued), Edward C. Adkins, Adkins & Kise, P.A., Tampa, FL, Vincent F. Frazer, Law Offices of Frazer & Williams, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas U.S. VI, for appellee, Virgin Islands Housing Authority.

Before: STAPLETON, ALITO, and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we hold that in the Virgin Islands, unless an independent basis for federal jurisdiction exists, a suit to confirm or vacate an arbitrator's award pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act must be brought in the Territorial Court, not in the District Court of the Virgin Islands. We also decide that an arbitrated dispute that is based on the breach of a construction...

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