Government of the Virgin Islands v. Innovative Communications Corp.

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• finding that a legislative body intended to treat “nonpayment” and 16 “underpayment” the same as both are essentially a failure to pay an obligation in full
• holding it was not error to decline Rule 56(f)request for further discovery prior to ruling on summary judgment motion, where no amount of discovery would have changed the ultimate outcome
• explaining, in the context of a post-judgment motion for reconsideration, that such motions are “not the proper forum for raising new legal arguments or theories which could have been addressed initially, and the court need not address such arguments” (citation omitted)
• ‘“[A] motion for reconsideration is not the proper forum for raising new legal arguments or theories which could have been addressed initially, and the court need not address such arguments.’” (citation omitted)
• review of factual determinations underlying the court’s denial of reconsideration under the Local Rules of Civil Procedure is limited to clear error. Where the trial court’s denial is based on the interpretation of legal precepts, our review of that denial is plenary

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