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Capitol Medical Center Inc etal. Vs C of Appeals et

CAPITOL MEDICAL CENTER, INC., and DRA. THELMA NAVARRETE CLEMENTE, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, HON. IGNACIO SALVADOR, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of Branch 77 of the Regional Trial Court of the National Capital Region (Quezon City), MONINA REYES-VALENZUELA, PABLO L. DAMASO, LINA M. ABLANG, MA. TERESITA ROQUE, AMBROSIO LAZOL, DIOSDADO YAP, FLORDELIZA SINGSON, SARAH P. PELOBELLO, JOEL H. GILLEGO, AGNES A. DE VEGA, NORAIDA Y. MAGALONG, AUGENCIO PAPA, IMELDA SIMBILLO, MAXIMO CALDERON and ROSALIE FLORIDA C. ILAGA, respondents.

G.R. No. 82499 | 1989-10-13

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

At bottom, the only issue in this case is whether a school that, after due notice to the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports, closed at the end of the first semester of the school year 1987-1988, because its teachers and students declared a strike, refusing to hold classes and take examinations, may be forced to reopen by the courts at the instance of the striking students.

Some fourteen (14) years ago, the petitioner Capitol Medical Center, Inc. (or CMCI), a hospital corporation, organized, opened, and operated the Capitol Medical Center College (CMCC or "the College") beside its hospital,...