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Practice question: Judicial Decisions

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Under Article VIII section 4(3), how may a doctrine laid down by the Supreme Court en banc or in Division be modified or reversed by that Court?
  1. By any trial judge acting alone
  2. By an agency memorandum
  3. By a private arbitration award
  4. By a public-opinion poll
  5. By the Supreme Court sitting en banc

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, Article 8
  • https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — 1987 Constitution, Article VIII section 4(3)
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/nov2017/gr_205837_2017.html — Philippine International Trading Corporation v. COA, G.R. No. 205837, November 21, 2017

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