Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman has dismissed the lawsuit filed by IT&E against the Commonwealth Public Utilities Commission for approving the application of Guam-based telecommunications company GTA Services to set up shop in the CNMI.<\/p>\n
Wiseman on Tuesday dismissed without prejudice IT&E\u2019s lawsuit after the Micronesian Telecommunications Corp., owner of IT&E, moved for the voluntary dismissal of the case.<\/p>\n
Dismissal without prejudice means IT&E can re-file the case in the future.<\/p>\n
Attorney Victorino DLG. Torres, counsel for IT&E, and IT&E general counsel Steven Carrara filed in court a notice of voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
Torres and Carrara did not explain the reason behind the voluntary dismissal.<\/p>\n
In its lawsuit, IT&E asked the court to be allowed to intervene in CPUC\u2019s proceedings concerning GTA\u2019s application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity. It also asked the court to stay CPUC\u2019s Oct. 17, 2011, order that granted GTA its certificate of public convenience and necessity.<\/p>\n
Attorney Anthony Long, then CPUC counsel, filed in 2012 a motion to dismiss IT&E\u2019s petition for lack of jurisdiction. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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