Practice question
A city orders every lawful motel in one district to close or convert, citing only a generalized belief that the establishments are immoral. It relies on its power to regulate these establishments and offers no separate statutory prohibition power. Which objection follows from Laguio?
- The specific regulation grant cannot simply be transformed into wholesale suppression of the listed businesses
- An ordinance title automatically supplies all missing power
- Every motel is conclusively a nuisance per se
- Moral preference removes statutory limitations
- The city may decide the scope of congressional delegation finally for itself
Legal references
- City of Manila v. Laguio, GR118127, April12 2005, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/apr2005/gr_118127_2005.html Equal-protection and statutory regulatory-power holdings.
- RA7160 Local Government Code: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html Section458(a)(4)(iv),(vii).
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