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Southern Cross Cement Corp., Vs. Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CMAP) (RESOLUTION)

SOUTHERN CROSS CEMENT CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus CEMENT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE and THE COMMISSIONER OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 158540 | 2005-08-03

EN BANC
 
R E S O L U T I O N 
 
Tinga, J.: 
 
Cement is hardly an exciting subject for litigation. Still, the parties in this case have done their best to put up a spirited advocacy of their respective positions, throwing in everything including the proverbial kitchen sink. At present, the burden of passion, if not proof, has shifted to public respondents Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and private respondent Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corporation (Philcemcor),[1] who now seek reconsideration of our Decision dated 8 July 2004 (Decision), which granted the petition of petitioner Southern Cross Cement...