Metropolitan Transportation Commission v. Motorola, Inc.

MEMORANDUM *

Motorola, Inc., appeals from the district court’s judgment granting Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s (“MTC”) joint motion to dismiss and for judgment on the pleadings in a dispute arising out of a contract (“Contract”) in which Motorola agreed to design, build, operate, and maintain MTC’s TransLink Fare Payment System. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand. Because the parties are familiar with the history of this case, we need not recount it here.

We review the district court’s order de novo. See Westlands Water Dist. v. Firebaugh Canal, 10 F.3d 667 , 670 (9th Cir.1993) (stating standard of review for orders granting Rule 12(b) and 12(c) motions); Principal Life Ins. Co. v. Robinson, 394 F.3d 665, 669 (9th Cir.2005) (stating standard of review for decisions on ripeness and jurisdiction).

I

The district court properly held that it had subject matter jurisdiction. In order for a case to be justiciable, it must be ripe for review. “The basic rationale of the ripeness doctrine is to prevent courts, through avoidance of premature adjudication, from entangling themselves in abstract disagreements.” Scott v. Pasadena Unified Sch. Dist., 306 F.3d 646 ,…