Zenaida Ortega v. The Quezon City Government

Summary

Zenaida Ortega directly challenged the validity of Quezon City Ordinance No. SP-1304 before the Supreme Court, claiming the ordinance violated her constitutional rights and property ownership over land being reclassified for socialized housing. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, ruling it lacked original jurisdiction over ordinance validity challenges. The Court emphasized that constitutional provisions require final judgments from lower courts before Supreme Court review, and that factual issues requiring evidence reception must be tried in appropriate trial courts first. The decision reinforced procedural requirements for challenging local government ordinances and the Supreme Court's limited original jurisdiction in constitutional cases.