Practice question
What distinguishes purely preliminary administrative factfinding from quasi-judicial adjudication for res judicata purposes?
- Every collection of documents is automatically a final judgment
- The office's name alone controls
- An investigator can create finality by calling a note final
- Only the paper's length matters
- Factfinding gathers or evaluates information without necessarily making an authorized final determination of rights and obligations
Legal references
- Ligtas v. People, G.R. No. 200751, August 17, 2015, main decision, administrative res judicata and conclusiveness of judgment: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/aug2015/gr_200751_2015.html
- Encinas v. Agustin, G.R. No. 187317, April 11, 2013, main decision, quasi-judicial adjudication distinguished from administrative investigation: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2013/apr2013/gr_187317_2013.html
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