Hierarchy of Courts

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1. What does the hierarchy-of-courts doctrine ordinarily require where courts have concurrent original jurisdiction over t…
2. Under Gios-Samar, merely calling a case transcendental does what to unresolved material factual questions?
3. Who bears the burden of clearly explaining a claimed basis to bypass the judicial hierarchy?
4. A petitioner files directly in the Supreme Court solely because it shares original jurisdiction over the remedy, withou…
5. A constitutional challenge turns on disputed technical market facts requiring reception of evidence. The petitioner ask…
6. A petition repeats broad constitutional labels but its requested relief requires resolving conflicting accounts of nego…
7. A litigant presents a genuine legal issue and carefully pleads a recognized exceptional reason for direct resort. The o…
8. Distinguish concurrent original jurisdiction from compliance with the hierarchy-of-courts doctrine.
9. Why did Gios-Samar reject using transcendental importance as a substitute for initial fact-finding?
10. A petitioner claims a recognized exception to hierarchy. What must counsel show beyond a bare assertion that the case i…
11. What institutional function does Gios-Samar assign to the hierarchy doctrine?
12. Is a constitutional challenge necessarily reserved for first-instance filing in the Supreme Court merely because it que…