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Lapulapu Dev & Housing Corp vs Group Mngt Corp

LAPULAPU DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. GROUP MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, respondent.

G.R. No. 141407 | 2002-09-09

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Having the same power and prerogatives, courts of coequal and coordinate jurisdiction cannot interfere with each other's orders and judgments. The ultimate test to determine the existence of forum shopping is the vexation caused the courts and the litigants by the repeated invocation of substantially the same facts, issues and reliefs, thereby unnecessarily clogging court dockets and creating the possibility of conflicting rulings and decisions.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45, seeking the annulment of the April 30, 1999 Decision and the December 29, 1999...