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What is People vs. Alarcon: Contempt Ruling about?

This case involves a contempt of court charge against Federico Mangahas, a newspaper columnist, for publishing an article quoting a denunciatory letter regarding a criminal case decided by the Court of First Instance of Pampanga. The appellate court held that Mangahas was not in contempt because 1) there was no pending case so the publication could not have influenced the court, and 2) one court does not have jurisdiction to punish contempts against another court. The dissenting opinion argued that contempt

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KJPL_1987

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