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Practice question: Appeal from Quasi-judicial Agencies to CA (Rule 43)

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Practice question

Explain why the older Rule 43 list cannot alone determine the route for a CTA en banc ruling, a CBAA appellate tax decision or an NLRC decision. Identify the relevant current distinctions.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 43 sections 1–5, 10 and 12, quasi-judicial functions, scope, period, one reconsideration motion, substantial evidence and nonautomatic stay; read with later special statutes.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9282_2004.html — amended CTA charter section 7(a)(5), CBAA appellate decisions, and section 19, Supreme Court Rule 45 review of CTA en banc.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2008/ra_9503_2008.html — CTA’s current collegiate-court rank and structure.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1998/sep1998/gr_130866_1998.html — St. Martin Funeral Home v. NLRC, G.R. No. 130866, September 16, 1998, main decision on CA Rule 65 review of NLRC action.

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