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Ticzon, Plana, Post vs Video Post Manila, Inc.

PAUL HENDRIK P. TICZON, MICHAEL THOMAS S. PLANA, and OMNI POST, petitioners, vs. VIDEO POST MANILA, INC., respondent.

G.R. No. 136342 | 2000-06-15

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

A preliminary injunction issued in an action to enforce a contract, which prohibits an employee from working in a competing enterprise within two years from resignation, has the same lifetime as the prohibition -- two years also. Therefore, upon the expiration of the said period, a suit questioning the validity of the issuance of the writ becomes functus oficio and therefore moot. Courts are called upon to resolve actual cases and controversies, not to render advisory opinions. They cannot take cognizance of moot and academic questions, subject to notable exceptions involving constitutional issues.

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