GOVERNMENT OF V.I. v. 0.459 ACRES OF LAND

No. CIV.A.1999/064, CIV. 855/1992.

286 F.Supp.2d 501 (2003)

GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellant, v. 0.459 ACRES OF LAND CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: PARCEL NO. 6A ESTATE THOMAS KINGS QUARTER AND PARCEL NO. 9A, ESTATE THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS and the Long Bay Trust, Appellees, v. Leo Francis, as Commissioner of the Department of Public Works and Delma Hodge, as Commissioner of the Department of Property and Procurement of the Government of the Virgin Islands. Third Party Appellants.

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

September 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Bornholt, AAG, for Appellant.

Ireston E. Moore, Esq., Morris M. Goldings, Esq., Ellen S. Shapiro, Esq., for Appellees.

Before: RAYMOND L. FINCH, Chief Judge, District Court of the Virgin Islands, THOMAS K. MOORE, Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and DARYL DEAN DONOHUE, Judge of the Territorial Court, Sitting by Designation.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

The Government of the Virgin islands ("appellant", "Government") appeals the Territorial Court's confirmation of an arbitration award in this condemnation action. Appellant raises a singular issue on appeal: Whether an assistant attorney general has the legal authority to agree to and engage in binding arbitration to determine the amount of compensation to be awarded a property owner. Answering that question requires...

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