VIRGIN ISLANDS PORT AUTHORITY v. VIRGIN ISLANDS TAXI ASS'N

D.C. Civ App. Nos. 97-46, 97-47, 97-48 and 97-49.

979 F.Supp. 344 (1997)

VIRGIN ISLANDS PORT AUTHORITY, Ritz Carlton Virgin Islands, Inc., Caneel Bay Resort, and St. Thomas-St. John Hotel Association, Appellants/Cross Appellees, v. VIRGIN ISLANDS TAXI ASSOCIATION, Appellee/Cross Appellant, Freddy Lettsome and East End Taxi Services, Inc., Nominal Appellees.

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

Decided September 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Engeman, Dudley, Topper & Feuerzeig, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. for Caneel Bay, Inc. and St. Thomas-St. John Hotel Association, Inc.

Samuel H. Hall, Jr., Birch, De Jongh, Hindels & Hall, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for Ritz Carlton Virgin Islands, Inc.

Before MOORE, Chief Judge, BROTMAN, Senior District Judge, and EDGAR D. ROSS, Territorial Court Judge, Division of St. Croix.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This appeal arises from a dispute over an exclusive airport taxicab transportation franchise granted to the appellee/cross appellant, Virgin Islands Taxi Association ["appellee" or "VITA"] by the Virgin Islands legislature. Appellants have appealed from the order of the Territorial Court granting a preliminary injunction enforcing the exclusive franchise. In deciding whether the preliminary injunction was warranted, this Court must first...

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