Issues Cognizable

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1. What kind of questions does Rule45 §1 generally require a petition for review on certiorari to raise?
2. A Rule42 petition from an RTC appellate decision to the Court of Appeals may specify which kinds of alleged error?
3. Under Rule51 §8, which issue may be considered despite not being assigned as an error because of its jurisdictional cha…
4. An appellant asks a reviewing court to decide which of two witnesses told the truth by reassessing demeanor and the pro…
5. All material facts are admitted. The only dispute is which statutory rule applies to those undisputed facts, without we…
6. A Rule45 petitioner labels the issue 'pure law' but asks the Supreme Court to reject the trial court's credibility find…
7. An ordinary appellant assigns an error about a contract's legal effect and properly argues a closely related issue nece…
8. Distinguish a question of law from a question of fact for appellate-review purposes.
9. Compare Rule42's review of an RTC appellate decision with the general issue limitation under Rule45.
10. Explain the general assignment-of-errors limitation in Rule51 §8 and identify its express qualifications.
11. Does Rule51 Section8 expressly preserve consideration of plain errors despite its ordinary assignment limitation?
12. Does Rule51 Section8 expressly mention clerical errors too?