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	GR No. 123780 2002-09-24	IN RE: PETITION SEEKING FOR CLARIFICATION AS TO VALIDITY v. DR. POTENCIANO MALVAR SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.
of Lands has no authority to grant to another a free patent for land that has ceased to be a public land and has passed to private ownership."[45] Another reason why the Lopez heirs' claim of ownership must be upheld is the applicability of the "law of the case" doctrine. We explained this doctrine as follows:"… It need not be stated that the Supreme Court, being the court of last resort, is the final arbiter of all legal questions properly brought before it and that its decision in any given case constitutes the law of that particular case. Once its judgment becomes final it is