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Jorge Gonzales, et al. vs. Climax Mining Ltd., et al. vs. Climax Mining Ltd., et al.

JORGE GONZALES and PANEL OF ARBITRATORS, Petitioners, versus CLIMAX MINING LTD., CLIMAX-ARIMCO MINING CORP., and AUSTRALASIAN PHILIPPINES MINING INC., Respondents.

G.R. No. 161957 | 2007-01-22

R E S O L U T I ON 
 
 
Tinga, J.: 
 
This is a consolidation of two petitions rooted in the same disputed Addendum Contract entered into by the parties. In G.R. No. 161957, the Court in its Decision of 28 February 2005[1] denied the Rule 45 petition of petitioner Jorge Gonzales (Gonzales). It held that the DENR Panel of Arbitrators had no jurisdiction over the complaint for the annulment of the Addendum Contract on grounds of fraud and violation of the Constitution and that the action should have been brought before the regular courts as it involved judicial issues. Both parties filed separate motions for...