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Del Mar vs. Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. [SEPARATE OPINION, PUNO, J.]

G.R. No. 138298 - June 19, 2001 RAOUL B. DEL MAR, petitioner, v. PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION, ET. AL., respondent. x---------------------------------------------------------x G.R. No. 138982 June 19, 2001 FEDERICO SANDOVAL II, petitioner, v. PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION, respondent, JUAN MIGUEL ZUBIRI, intervenor.

G.R. No. 138298 and G.R. No. 138298 | 2001-06-19

SEPARATE OPINION
 
PUNO, J.:
 
Before the Court for resolution are the Motions for Reconsideration filed by public respondent Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), and private respondents Belle Jai-Alai Corporation (BELLE) and Filipinas Gaming Entertainment Totalizator Corporation (FILGAME), seeking to reverse our decision dated November 29, 2000 which enjoined the respondents from managing, maintaining and operating jai-alai games, and from enforcing the agreement entered into by them for that purpose.
 
In its motion for reconsideration, PAGCOR raised the following grounds:
 
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