B-211119.4, NOV 4, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT RECONSIDER A PRIOR DECISION RENDERED IN RESPONSE TO AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM A COURT UNLESS THE COURT EXPRESSES AN INTEREST IN THE RECONSIDERATION OF THE DECISION. THAT DECISION WAS RENDERED IN RESPONSE TO AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN CONNECTION WITH CIVIL ACTION NO. 83-1610. IT IS OUR POLICY NOT TO DECIDE MATTERS WHERE. THE MATERIAL ISSUES ARE BEFORE A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION. WE WILL THEN CONSIDER THE MATTER ON THE MERITS. SINCE OUR PRIOR DECISION WAS ISSUED IN RESPONSE TO AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM THE COURT AND THE COURT HAS NOT INDICATED ANY INTEREST IN OUR RECONSIDERATION OF THE PRIOR DECISION.
B-211119.4, NOV 4, 1983
DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT RECONSIDER A PRIOR DECISION RENDERED IN RESPONSE TO AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM A COURT UNLESS THE COURT EXPRESSES AN INTEREST IN THE RECONSIDERATION OF THE DECISION.
A.B.DICK COMPANY - RECONSIDERATION:
A.B.DICK COMPANY (A.B.DICK) REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION IN A.B.DICK COMPANY, B-211119.3, SEPTEMBER 22, 1983, 83-2 CPD 360. THAT DECISION WAS RENDERED IN RESPONSE TO AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN CONNECTION WITH CIVIL ACTION NO. 83-1610.
IT IS OUR POLICY NOT TO DECIDE MATTERS WHERE, AS HERE, THE MATERIAL ISSUES ARE BEFORE A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION. HOWEVER, IF THE COURT EXPRESSES AN INTEREST IN A DECISION BY OUR OFFICE, WE WILL THEN CONSIDER THE MATTER ON THE MERITS. JOHN CARLO INC. - RECONSIDERATION, B-204928.2, MARCH 31, 1982, 83-1 CPD 1.
IN THE PRESENT CASE, THE COURT DID EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN OUR DECISION. A.B.DICK REQUESTS THAT WE RECONSIDER THE DECISION. HOWEVER, SINCE OUR PRIOR DECISION WAS ISSUED IN RESPONSE TO AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM THE COURT AND THE COURT HAS NOT INDICATED ANY INTEREST IN OUR RECONSIDERATION OF THE PRIOR DECISION, WE WILL TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION ON THE MERITS OF THIS MATTER. BIOSPHERIES, INC. - REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION, B-203419.3, JANUARY 22, 1982, 82-1 CPD 48.
WE DISMISS A.B.DICK'S REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION.