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Oroport Carholding Services Inc. etc. Vs. Phividec Industrial Authority

OROPORT CARGOHANDLING SERVICES, INC., represented by its President FRANKLIN U. SIAO, Petitioner, versus PHIVIDEC INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, Respondent.

G.R. No. 166785 | 2008-07-28

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

Can Phividec[1] Industrial Authority (PIA) temporarily operate as a seaport cargo-handler upon agreement with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA)[2] sans a franchise or a license from Congress or PPA?

Petitioner Oroport Cargohandling Services, Inc. (Oroport) impugns in this petition for review on certiorari the Decision[3] dated January 5, 2005 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 84147 annulling the orders[4] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cagayan de Oro City, Branch 39 which enjoined the cargo-handling operations of respondent PIA at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT).

Oroport is a...