Legal Opinion

Yankee Microwave, Inc. v. Petricca Communications Systems, Inc.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided January 7, 2002No. 98-P-559PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCelinas, J.

We consider in this case whether Yankee Microwave, Inc. (Yankee), is precluded from recovery against Petricca Communications Systems, Inc. (PCS), Petricca Industries, Inc. (PII), Basil A. Petricca (Basil), and Robert W. Petricca (Robert), because, as the trial judge found, Yankee failed to file for tariff approval with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU), thus rendering its performance under the parties’ contract for microwave transmission services (service agreement) illegal and void. We also consider (1) Yankee’s contention…

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