U.S. v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

No. 03-1727.

363 F.3d 276 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed April 2, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard J. Bashman (Argued), Fort Washington, Iver A. Stridiron, Attorney General, Elliott Davis, Solicitor General, Michael Law, Assistant Attorney General, Virgin Islands Department of Justice, St. Thomas, for Appellant.

Nina Dale, Office of Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, New York, Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Nissman, United States Attorney, Virgin Islands, David Raymond Lewis, Deputy United States Attorney, Virgin Islands, William D. Dillon, Assistant United States Attorney, Virgin Islands, John A. Bryson, Donald G. Frankel, Katherine J. Barton (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Appellate Section, Washington, for Appellee.

Before NYGAARD, BECKER, and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.


BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the Government of the Virgin Islands (the "GVI") from an order of the District Court of the Virgin Islands in a Clean Water Act enforcement action brought by the United States pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 1319(b). The case was commenced two decades ago, and in 1985, the United States and the GVI entered into a consent decree pursuant to which the GVI agreed to make certain improvements to its wastewater systems so as to...

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