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Eduardo Olaguer, etal vs Reg. Trial Court NCJR etal

EDUARDO B. OLAGUER AND CONRADO S. REYES in their official capacity as FISCAL AGENTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, petitioners, vs. THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION, BRANCH 48, MANILA, PRESIDED BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE DEMETRIO M. BATARIO, JR., M.B. OLIVARES, AUGUSTO VILLANUEVA, ARACELLI LINSANGAN, LUISA LINSANGAN, ALEJANDRO MARAMAG, MANUEL SALAK, TURNITA SORIANO, LINO SISON, DOMINGO FLORES, MILAGROS HIZON, and CARIDAD ORPIADA, respondents.

G.R. No. 81385 | 1989-02-21

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

The parameters of the jurisdiction of the ordinary courts in relation to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Sandiganbayan are put into issue in this petition.

On December 17, 1987, private respondents filed a complaint for injunction and damages, with a prayer for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction and/or temporary restraining order, in the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila against petitioners and Winston Marbella, Gaston Ortigas, Robeto Federis, Manuel C. Villa-Real, Emanuel Soriano, Jack Arroyo and Benjamin Tulio.

The complaint alleges, among others, that private...