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Sta. Clara Shipping Corporation Vs. Eugenia T. San Pablo

STA. CLARA SHIPPING CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus EUGENIA T. SAN PABLO, Respondent

G.R. No. 169493 | 2010-03-15

D E C I S I O N


CORONA, J.:

Sta. Clara Shipping Corporation (Sta. Clara) assails the May 31, 2005 decision[1] and July 27, 2005 resolutions[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) which annulled its certificate of convenience (CPC) to operate MV King Frederick.

The facts are undisputed.

Sta. Clara filed an application, docketed as Case No. 2001-033, with Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) for a CPC to operate MV King Frederick along the route Matnog, Sorsogon-Allen, Northern Samar and vice versa.[3] The application was opposed by the pioneering operators Bicolandia Lines, Inc. and Eugenia T. San Pablo/E Tabinas Enterprises (San Pablo) on...