B-213196.2, FEB 2, 1984
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 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN CONNECTION WITH CIVIL ACTION NO. 13208-83. 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. 4 C.F.R. SINCE OUR PRIOR DECISION WAS ISSUED IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST OF 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.
B-213196.2, FEB 2, 1984
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.
URBAN MASONRY CORPORATION - RECONSIDERATION:
URBAN MASONRY CORPORATION (URBAN) REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION IN URBAN MASONRY CORPORATION, B-213196, JANUARY 3, 1984, 84-1 CPD ---. THAT DECISION WAS RENDERED IN RESPONSE TO AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN CONNECTION WITH CIVIL ACTION NO. 13208-83.
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. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.10(1983).
IN THE PRESENT CASE, THE COURT DID EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN OUR DECISION. URBAN REQUESTS THAT WE RECONSIDER THE DECISION. HOWEVER, SINCE OUR PRIOR DECISION WAS ISSUED IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST OF 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. JOHN CARLO, INC. - RECONSIDERATION, B-204928.2, MARCH 31, 1982, 83-1 CPD 1.
WE DISMISS URBAN'S REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION.