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Practice question: Preliminary Injunction vs. Temporary Restraining Order vs. Status Quo Ante Order

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

An RTC’s ordinary twenty-day TRO expires without issuance of a preliminary injunction. May the court renew the TRO on exactly the same ground merely because the injunction hearing is unfinished?
  1. Yes, for another twenty days indefinitely
  2. Yes, an unfinished hearing suspends expiration
  3. Yes, if the applicant privately requests it
  4. No; the TRO is automatically vacated and cannot be extended or renewed on that same ground
  5. No, because the entire action is automatically dismissed

Legal references

  • Rule58 Section5: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html

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