Practice question
An ordinance requires every shop on a street to close permanently so that one privately owned mall can obtain more customers. The city admits that no congestion, health or safety problem prompted the measure. May the city sustain it merely by invoking general welfare?
- Yes, any advantage to a local business is sufficient
- Yes, permanent closure is always within local discretion
- No, the admitted aim favors a particular private business rather than the public generally
- Yes, if the mall pays the highest local taxes
- No, because police power can never regulate shops
Legal references
- City of Manila v. Laguio, Jr., G.R. No. 118127, April 12, 2005, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/apr2005/gr_118127_2005.html
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