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Negros Oriental II Electric Cooperative Inc. vs Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dumaguete

NEGROS ORIENTAL II ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., PATERIO TORRES and ARTURO UMBAC, petitioners, vs. SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF DUMAGUETE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF DUMAGUETE and ANTONIO S. RAMAS UYPITCHING, respondents.

G.R. No. 72492 | 1987-11-05

D E C I S I O N

CORTES, J.:

An attempt by the respondent Ad Hoc Committee of the respondent Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dumaguete to punish non-members for legislative contempt was halted by this special civil action of Certiorari and Prohibition with Preliminary Injunction and/or Restraining Order questioning the very existence of the power in that local legislative body or in any of its committees. On November 7, 1985, this Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order:

. . . enjoining respondents, their agents, representatives, and police and other peace officers acting in their behalf, to refrain from compelling the attendance and testimony of...