Legal Opinion
Digitel, Inc. v. MCI Worldcom, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 2, 2001No. 2000PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellant Digitel, Inc., a provider of telecommunications services, brought suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Owen, Judge) alleging that defendant-appellee MCI Worldcom, Inc. (“WorldCom” 1 ) wrongfully permitted Digi-tel’s toll-free telephone number to be transferred to another customer, thereby destroying Digitel’s business. While WorldCom’s motion to dismiss was pending, the district court, relying on a ground not raised in the motion, dismissed sua sponte Digitel’s complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The court held that…
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