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BERNE CORP. v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

Nos. CIV.2000-141, CIV.2000-167, CIV. 2001-151, CIV.2001-155, CIV.2001-181, CIV.2001-196, CIV.2001-197, CIV.2001-228.

313 F.Supp.2d 522 (2004)

BERNE CORP. and B & B Corp., Twenty-one Queens Quarter, Inc., Miller Properties, Inc., Equivest St. Thomas, Inc., Robert Schmidt, Kim Holdsworth, Robert Schmidt Development Corp., and Dori P. Derr, The Cyril V. Francois Associates, LLC, Shell Seekers, Inc., Charles W. Consolvo, Linda B. Consolvo, Snegle Gade Associates LP, Charles W. Consolvo as Trustee of the Yvette B. Lederberg Trust, Arthur B. Choate, Stewart Loveland, and Stacy Loveland, Elisabeth Sharp, Plaintiffs, v. GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Roy Martin, in his official capacity as Tax Assessor, and the Board of Tax Review, Defendants.

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

April 14, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Derr, St. Thomas, VI, for plaintiffs Berne Corp. and B & B Corp., Miller Properties, Schmidt et al.

David A. Bornn, Rochelle Bermudez, St. Thomas, VI, for plaintiff Twenty-one Queens Quarter, Inc., Cyril V. Francois Associates, LLC.

Chad C. Messier, William S. McConnell, St. Thomas, VI, for plaintiff Equivest St. Thomas, Inc.

David E. Nichols, Esq., St. Thomas, for plaintiffs Shell Seekers et al.

Kerry E. Drue, AAG, Wayne G. Anderson, AAG, Carol Thomas-Jacobs, AAG, St. Thomas, VI, Michael McLaurin, AAG, St. Croix, VI, for the defendants.

CLARIFICATION

MOORE, District Judge.

On May 12, 2003, I found the Territory's property tax system unlawful because it "systemically employ[ed] a method of assessment not calculated to determine the actual value of properties as required by 48 U.S.C. § 1401a." Berne Corp. v. Government of the Virgin Islands, 262 F.Supp.2d 540, 561 (D.Vi.2003) [Berne Corp. II]. Accordingly, I entered a decree in...

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