Practice question
What case status is central to the procedural-retroactivity discussion in De los Santos and the operative Fil-Estate resolution?
- A dispute that never existed.
- Every conceivable controversy regardless of finality.
- An action pending and undetermined when the procedural rule applies.
- Only a hypothetical law-school exercise.
- Only transactions with no judicial proceeding.
Legal references
- Spouses De los Santos v. Vda. de Mangubat, G.R. No. 149508, October 10, 2007, main decision, remedial law and pending actions: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2007/oct2007/gr_149508_2007.html
- Fil-Estate Properties, Inc. v. Homena-Valencia, G.R. No. 173942, June 25, 2008, operative reconsideration resolution, retroactive procedural application: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/jun2008/gr_173942_2008.html
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