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Land Car vs Bachelor Express and Vallacar Transit

LAND CAR, INC., Petitioner versus BACHELOR EXPRESS, INC. AND VALLACAR TRANSIT, INC. Respondents.

G.R. No 154377 | 2003-12-08

Acknowledgement:

"We would like to thank Atty. Omar M. Mayo, Counsel for Petitioner, for giving us a copy of this decision." -alexvaldez-


DECISION

Vitug, J.:

On 21 May 1999, petitioner filed with the Regional Office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), Region XII, a verified application to operate a public utility bus service from Davao City to Cagayan de Oro City via Butuan City.

Respondents, themselves grantees of certificates of public convenience, opposed petitioner's application alleging that the route applied for was sufficiently being served by them, and that "cutthroat competition" would only...