{"id":34727,"date":"2022-10-24T09:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T12:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34727"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:39:24","slug":"ccc-appeals-ruling-on-ipi-injunction-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ccc-appeals-ruling-on-ipi-injunction-request","title":{"rendered":"CCC appeals ruling on IPI injunction request"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The regulator has filed an appeal against an arbitration ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Northern Mariana Islands.- The Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC) <\/strong>has filed a notice of appeal, against a court ruling that granted IPI a preliminary injunction preventing the regulator from revoking its casino licence. The appeal was made through assistant attorneys General Keisha Blaise and Alison Nelson,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September, Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona <\/strong>granted IPI\u2019s motion<\/a> to seek arbitration in its dispute with the CCC over its force majeure defence for non-payment of casino licence fees. She also granted IPI\u2019s request for an injunction barring the CCC from conducting a withdrawal hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Mariana\u2019s Variety, Manglona said: \u201cIPI must be allowed to arbitrate all disputes <\/strong>on the applicability of its force majeure defence to the allegations contained in the 2021 complaints, lest Section 25 of the CLA is deprived of any meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IPI previously requested a temporary restraining order<\/a> to prevent the CCC from revocation its exclusive casino licence and the court also granted IPI\u2019s motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Casino Commission has recently asked for IPI to be declared not to have complied with a commission order. It added the operator now owes $25.3m<\/a>. According to Keisha Blaise<\/strong>, CCC’s assistant attorney general, to date, the casino operator has not filed a stay with either the Superior Court or the Supreme Court on Commission Order 2021-002 so the order is enforceable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, IPI’s receiver Clear Management Ltd<\/a> has reported that Angel Playing Cards (APC) has repurchased 201 Super Angel Eye dealing shoes amounting to $301,500. Chief justice Ramona Manglona<\/strong> has approved the transaction and granted the request of attorney Michael White representing Clear Management to have the funds transferred and held in an escrow trust account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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