Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit February 28, 1985, Nos. 83-3572, 83-3600 (Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Co. of America v. Government of Virgin Islands)

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

On November 12,1493, during his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus dropped anchor near what is known today as Salt River Bay just off the Island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.