Practice question
A case presents an ordinary legal demand within the court’s jurisdiction. The party seeking deferral identifies no issue requiring the regulator’s special initial decision and relies only on a different pending administrative matter. Which inquiry does Conrad support?
- Examine the actual issue and agency assignment rather than treating pendency elsewhere as automatic ouster of the court.
- Dismiss every court claim whenever any administrative file exists.
- Require a regulator to decide every private issue in the economy.
- Let the defendant select the result without a hearing.
- Treat the pending file as a final merits judgment automatically.
Legal references
- Conrad and Company, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 115115, July 18, 1995, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1995/jul1995/gr_115115_1995.html
- Industrial Enterprises, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 88550, April 18, 1990, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1990/apr1990/gr_88550_1990.html
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