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City of Cagayan de Oro vs. CEPALCO

CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO, PETITIONER, V. CAGAYAN ELECTRIC POWER & LIGHT CO., INC. (CEPALCO), RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 224825 | 2018-10-17

D E C I S I O N
 
A. REYES, JR., J.:
 
Ordinances, like laws, enjoy a presumption of validity. However, this presumption may be rendered naught by a clear demonstration that the ordinance is irreconcilable with a constitutional or legal provision, that it runs afoul of morality or settled public policy, that it prohibits trade, or that it is oppressive, discriminatory, or unreasonable.[1] Thus, unless invalidity or unreasonableness is ostensibly apparent,[2] one seeking a judicial declaration of the invalidity of an ordinance is duty-bound to adduce evidence that is convincingly indicative of its infirmities or defects....