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City of Taguig vs. City of Makati

CITY OF TAGUIG, PETITIONER, VS. CITY OF MAKATI, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 208393 | 2016-06-15

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Simultaneously pursuing an appeal (or motion for reconsideration) and a petition for annulment of judgment is an act of forum shopping. This act, which heaps vexation upon courts and parties-litigants, is illustrated by the facts of this case in which conflicting decisions have been rendered by different courts upon the same issue. The actions of respondent City of Makati (Makati) through its counsels is at the border of what appears to be a contumacious attempt to obfuscate the resolution of cases through the abuse of legal processes.

We grant the Petition.

This resolves a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1]...