United States v. Six Boxes of Arms

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing defamation as a cause of action under Virgin Islands law
• conducting Banks analysis with respect to a claim for intentional interference with existing contractual relations
• requiring as an element of NIED that the defendant owes the plaintiff a duty of care to ensure the plaintiff does not suffer serious or severe emotional injury
• conducting Banks analysis with respect to a claim for negligent misrepresentation
• “The existence of tortious conduct is a prerequisite for liability under this standard. Absent tortious conduct, there cannot be a generalized claim for civil conspiracy.”
• Courts from other jurisdictions have criticized such a requirement for being both over and under inclusive

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).