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This document summarizes a Supreme Court case regarding a petition for mandamus to compel the mayor of Manila to enforce an ordinance. The ordinance reclassified land used by oil company terminals from industrial to commercial and required their removal. However, the mayor approved a memorandum of understanding allowing the terminals to remain. The petitioners argued the mayor had a duty to enforce the ordinance, while the mayor argued the memorandum superseded the ordinance. The Supreme Court considered wh

Author

Victoria Escobal

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