action against the estate' then '[1]ittle doubt remains that such an intangible interest is property protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.— In re the Estate of Small, 57 V.I. at 423 (quoting Tulsa Profl Collection Serv.. Inc•. v. Pope, 485 U.S. 478, 485, 108 S. Ct. 1340, 1345 (1988)). III. ANALYSIS Pursuant to