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Constitutional appeal dismissed due to supervening extinction of the underlying labor dispute via settlement. The court ruled the constitutional review was unnecessary as the parties had already terminated their common action. The court held that constitutional appeals require a live legal controversy, which was extinguished by the parties' settlement agreement. Consequently, the appeal was declared inadmissible because the subject matter no longer existed. The decision emphasizes that procedural extinction precludes constitutional review. This case establishes that settled disputes cannot be subject to constitutional challenge.

Case Number TC_19950026
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Dismissed
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The Constitutional Court declared the constitutional appeal inadmissible due to the supervening extinction of the underlying lawsuit. The parties had previously settled their individual labor contract dispute, resulting in a homologated settlement agreement that terminated the common summary action. The court ruled that since the legal controversy no longer existed, the constitutional review was rendered useless and unnecessary. Therefore, the appeal was dismissed without examining the merits of the constitutional complaint.

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Art. 24.º da Constituição da República Portuguesa; Art. 52.º do Código de Processo Civil: Constitutional appeals are inadmissible when the underlying legal dispute has been extinguished by a settlement agreement, rendering the constitutional review superveniently useless.

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constitutional appeal inadmissibility supervenient extinction of suit settlement agreement termination labor contract dispute useless constitutional review

Cited Legislation

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Art. 24.º da Constituição da República Portuguesa
Art. 52.º do Código de Processo Civil

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Acórdão 26/95

ACÓRDÃO Nº 26/95

Proc.Nº 425/94

Sec. 1ª

Rel. Cons.

Vítor Nunes de

Almeida

Acordam na 1ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional:

Nos presentes autos, vindos do Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa, em que é recorrente A. e recorrida a firma B. tendo em atenção a sentença homologatória do auto de transacção constante da certidão de fls. 153 a 155, pelo qual as partes acima identificadas puseram termo à acção com processo comum sumário emergente de contrato individual de trabalho, sentença esta já transitada em julgado, decide-se julgar extinto o presente recurso de constitucionalidade, por inutilidade superveniente da lide.

Lisboa, 1995.01.31

Vítor Nunes de Almeida

Armindo Ribeiro Mendes

Antero Alves Monteiro Diniz

Maria Fernanda Palma

Maria da Assunção Esteves

Alberto Tavares da Costa

José Manuel Cardoso da Costa