Practice question
An agency action is purely regulatory rather than quasi-judicial. A business argues that this description alone always exempts it from exhaustion, although an effective administrative process is available and no exception is shown. Which is best under Pimentel?
- Only quasi-judicial decisions can ever implicate exhaustion
- The main decision explains that exhaustion can apply to regulatory and quasi-legislative acts as well, so the categorical claim fails
- Every regulation is beyond judicial review
- An administrative remedy becomes nonexistent when called regulatory
- Only the business may define the legal category
Legal references
- Pimentel III v. House of Representatives, G.R. Nos. 274778, 275405 and 276233, December 3, 2025, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/dec2025/gr_274778_2025.html
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