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Portuguese court holds parties must prove identity between cause of action and judgment, not just coincidence.

Case Number 9240901
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Partially Allowed
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto partially revoked the lower court's decision regarding the identity of the cause of action. The appellant argued that a mere coincidence between the original request and the judgment was insufficient to establish legal identity. The court ruled that while parties are free to qualify facts, they must demonstrate substantive identity between the cause of action and the judgment, not just superficial alignment.

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PODERES DE COGNIÇÃO PEDIDO CAUSA DE PEDIR MÁ FÉ

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identity of cause of action cause of judgment legal qualification of facts coincidence of requests civil procedure identity

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CPC 67 art. 456
CPC 67 art. 664

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00011512 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199311169240901 [PRIVACIDADE] 1 [TEXTO INTEGRAL] N [TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] T CIV PORTO 9J [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/E9DAE7D337381F098025686B006679AF?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO I - O tribunal é livre de qualificar juridicamente os factos invocados, contanto que não altere a causa de pedir. II - Não basta que haja coincidência entre o pedido e o julgado. III - É necessário, além disso, que haja identidade entre a causa de pedir e a causa de julgar.