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Practice question: Doctrine of Judicial Stability (Non-Interference)

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Practice question

A second RTC restrains a coequal court’s writ for several days and then dismisses the collateral petition for lack of jurisdiction. It claims the later dismissal means no prohibited interference ever occurred. What follows Cabili?
  1. Later correction does not erase the earlier improper interference
  2. Later dismissal retroactively authorizes every TRO
  3. A short TRO cannot affect a writ
  4. A coequal RTC has automatic temporary appellate power
  5. Jurisdiction exists until a judge notices its absence

Legal references

  • Cabili v Balindong AMRTJ-10-2225 September6,2011 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2011/sep2011/am_rtj-10-2225_2011.html

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