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TERRITORIAL COURT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. RICHARDS

Civ. No. 1987/24.

673 F.Supp. 152 (1987)

TERRITORIAL COURT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. James R. RICHARDS, in his capacity as Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Interior, and Neal Littlefield, in his capacity as Regional Audit Manager, Caribbean Region, St. Thomas, V.I., Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Interior, Defendants.

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

October 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda J. Hollar, Leon Kendall (argued), Gen. Counsel, Territorial Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, V.I., for plaintiff.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael F. Hertz, Robert L. Ashbaugh (argued), Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Terry M. Halpern, U.S. Atty., James S. Carroll III, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Thomas, V.I., Thomas E. Robinson, Associate Sol., William S. Fields, U.S. Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

DAVID V. O'BRIEN, Judge.

The Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands seeks to prevent an audit of its operations by the Inspector General of the United States Department of the Interior. It cites the separation of powers doctrine as a constitutional limitation on any such intrusion into its affairs. It claims as well an absence of statutory authority allowing such an audit. We find no constitutional impairment, and that there is ample...

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