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2005-08-09 |
CORONA, J. |
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| There is only one Supreme Court from whose decisions all other courts are required to take their bearings.[31] While most of the Court's work is performed by its three divisions, the Court remains one court single, unitary, complete and supreme. Flowing from this is the fact that, while individual justices may dissent or only partially concur, when the Court states what the law is, it speaks with only one voice.[32] Any doctrine or principle of law laid down by the Court may be modified or reversed only by the Court en banc.[33] | |||||
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2005-06-09 |
CORONA, J. |
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| fundamental principle in our system of laws. Although the Chief Justice is primus inter pares, he cannot legally decide a case on his own because of the Court's nature as a collegial body. Neither can the Chief Justice, by himself, overturn the decision of the Court, whether of a division or the en banc. There is only one Supreme Court from whose decisions all other courts are required to take their bearings.[31] While most of the Court's work is performed by its three divisions, the Court remains one court single, unitary, complete and supreme. Flowing | |||||