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Practice question: Original and Appellate

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Practice question

For selecting an appeal route under Maslag, what jurisdictional feature of the RTC decision is determinative?
  1. The type of jurisdiction actually exercised
  2. Only the court building’s name
  3. Only what the losing party wanted
  4. Only the case’s page count
  5. Only the decision’s length

Legal references

  • Maslag v Monzon GR174908 June17,2013 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2013/jun2013/gr_174908_2013.html
  • SEC v Bonifacio, appellate review of SEC quasi-judicial decisions: SEC v Bonifacio GR198425 etal January30,2024 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/jan2024/gr_198425_2024.html

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