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trict Court of the Virgin Islands for damages sustained as a result of the loss of their goods. After finding that Ocean-Air's activities within the Virgin Islands constituted transacting business within the Territory and contracting to supply services or things in this Territory within the meaning of subsectio

LANDS ARE THE CORRECT FORUM FOR PLAINTIFFS' CAUSES OF ACTION AGAINST DEFENDANT. Ignoring the facts that: Plaintiff Jeffrey Epstein is a resident of the United States Virgin Islands with his home on Little Saint James Island; L.S.J., LLC, which is solely owned by a United States Virgin Islands resident and maintains its principa

fs' FAC, the factual allegations of which must be accepted as true and construed in the light most favorable to the Plaintiffs, clearly establishes the Virgin Islands' overwhelming local interest in this controversy. The controversy is of local interest in the Virgin Islands and localized interest rests with the V

ended by Studio and Fancelli when they contracted that the Library Cabinetry was to be installed and used in an office/library structure located in the United States Virgin islands and would be therefore subject to temperature and humidity levels inherent in a Caribbean climate, as well as within an office structure in

construed to authorize the exercise of jurisdiction to the fullest extent possible under the due process clause of the United States Constitution. Godfrey v. International Moving Consultants, Inc. 18 V.I. 60 (D.V.1. 1980), Hendrickson v. Reg 0 Company, 17 V.1.457 (D.V.I. 1980). Defendant Fancelli Pane

d until 2002, just months before the commencement of this litigation. On Jan- uary 31, 2002, Citibank closed its last re- maining bank branch in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Citibank no longer makes real estate-related loans in the Virgin Islands. (Malin Aff. 11 3-4.) Citibank, however, continues to process its ou

ing the depositions for a date and time that is suitable for both the Defendants and Plaintiff, and relocating the depositions from Philadelphia to the U.S. Virgin Islands for Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell; and New Albany, Ohio for the Wexners. Accordingly, this Court should grant Defendants' motion for a protective ord

fs counter that the defendants are currently doing busi- ness in the Virgin Islands and that this Court has jurisdiction over the defendants under the Virgin Islands' Long—Arm Stat- ute. The plaintiffs insist that the defen- dants' depiction of Citigroup as a "holding company" is belied by Citigroup's public disclosur

e that this Court has jurisdiction under the Virgin Islands Long-Arm Statute over both the defendants. 2. The Defendants' "Minimum Con- tacts" in the Virgin Islands Meet the Constitution's Due Process Re- quirements In addition to finding jurisdiction under this forum's long-arm statute, I must also determine whet

" Guardian Ins. Co. I Bain Hogg Intl Ltd., Civ. No.1996-180, 2000 WL 1690315, "2-3, 2000 U.S. Dist LEXIS 17184 at *8 ( October 26, 2000) (quoting Godfrey In- ternational Moving Consultants, Ina, 18 IS 60, 66-67 (-.1980)). It is suffi- cient, therefore, that Citibank entered into a contract with a Vi

employees in the Virgin Islands." In addition, the defendants insist that the events giving rise to this cause of action have no connection with the Virgin Islands. (Mem. of Law in Support of Defs.' Mot. to Dismiss at 6-9.) The plaintiffs counter that the defendants are currently doing business in the Virgin Is

ntiffs counter that the defendants are currently doing business in the Virgin Islands and that this Court has jurisdiction over the defendants under the Virgin Islands' Long- Arm Statute. The plaintiffs insist that the defendants' depiction of Citigroup as a "holding company" is belied by Citigroup's public disclosu

dian Ins. Co. v. Bain Hogg Intl Ltd., Civ. No.1996-180, 2000 WL 1690315, "*2-3, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17184 at "8 (D.V.I. October 26, 2000) (quoting Godfrey v. International Moving Consultants, Inc., 18 V.I. 60, 66-67 (D.V.l.1980)). It is sufficient, therefore, that Citibank entered into a contract with