Original and Appellate

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1. A party says that petition is always synonymous with original jurisdiction. Is that correct?
2. An RTC actually decides a proper appeal from an MTC. Its decision evaluates the merits independently. Which feature con…
3. An RTC says it should have originally heard a dispute, but actually reviews and reverses the MTC decision on appeal. Wh…
4. A litigant receives an RTC decision actually rendered in appellate review of an MTC judgment. She files ordinary Rule41…
5. A court acquires authority through a valid original proceeding and first adjudicates the claim. In a different case the…
6. Explain Maslag’s distinction between jurisdiction actually exercised and jurisdiction a party says should have been exe…
7. Why can a petition invoke appellate jurisdiction even though the reviewing court assigns it a new docket number?
8. Distinguish an original validity challenge to a regulation from appellate review of an agency’s adjudicated case.