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Lucena Grand Central Terminal, Inc. vs. JAC Liner

LUCENA GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, INC., Petitioner, vs. JAC LINER, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 148339 | 2005-02-23

EN BANC
DECISION
 
CARPIO MORALES, J.:
 
Respondent, JAC Liner, Inc., a common carrier operating buses which ply various routes to and from Lucena City, assailed, via a petition for prohibition and injunction[1] against the City of Lucena, its Mayor, and the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Lucena before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Lucena City, City Ordinance Nos. 1631 and 1778 as unconstitutional on the ground that, inter alia, the same constituted an invalid exercise of police power, an undue taking of private property, and a violation of the constitutional prohibition against monopolies.  The salient provisions of the...