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Constitutional court dismisses appeal confirming lower court decision on military personnel dismissal. Appeal rejected based on prior precedent ruling. Court upholds original judgment against military official. Appeal against military personnel dismissal dismissed based on prior precedent.

Case Number 343/91
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Dismissed
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The Constitutional Court denied the appeal filed by a military officer against his dismissal, confirming the lower court's decision. The appellant argued for procedural irregularities, but the court relied entirely on the reasoning of a previous judgment (Acórdão nº 275/92). Consequently, the appeal was rejected, and the original dismissal order remained in force.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 220.º da Constituição da República Portuguesa; Art. 52.º da Lei de Processo Constitucional: When a prior constitutional decision explicitly addresses the same legal issue, subsequent appeals on identical grounds must be dismissed without re-examining the merits.

Keywords

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Constitutional Appeal Military Personnel Dismissal Dispute Precedent Binding Procedural Irregularity Tribunal Constitucional Recurso Negado

Cited Legislation

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Art. 220.º da Constituição da República Portuguesa
Art. 52.º da Lei de Processo Constitucional

Cited Case Law

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Acórdão nº 275/92
e recorrido o Brigadeiro Director do Serviço de Pessoal do Exército, este Tribunal decide, pelos fundamentos constantes do Acórdão nº 275/92, publicado no Diário da República, II série, de 23 de Novembro de 1992, negar provimento ao recurso, e confirmar, consequentemente, o Acórdão recorrido.
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474/95
Portuguese Constitutional Court upholds conscientious objection law as constitutional and rejects the appeal.
9/91
Portuguese Constitutional Court dismisses appeal for abandoning prior unexamined constitutional challenge during proceedings.
245/96
Constitutional court dismisses conscientious objector's claim regarding military service exemption under Portuguese law.
TC_19960700
Constitutional court dismisses appeal as it concerns only infraconstitutional interpretation, not constitutional validity.
382/95
Portuguese Constitutional Court upholds conscientious objection law as constitutional and rejects the appeal.

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Acórdão 197/95

ACÓRDÃO Nº 197/95

Processo nº 343/91

2ª Secção

Relator: Cons. Sousa e Brito

Acordam na 2ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional

Neste processo, em que é recorrente J... e recorrido o Brigadeiro Director do Serviço de Pessoal do Exército, este Tribunal decide, pelos fundamentos constantes do Acórdão nº 275/92, publicado no Diário da República, II série, de 23 de Novembro de 1992, negar provimento ao recurso, e confirmar, consequentemente, o Acórdão recorrido.

Lisboa, 5 de Abril de 1995

José de Sousa e Brito

Luís Nunes de Almeida

Guilherme da Fonseca

Bravo Serra

Messias Bento

Fernando Alves Correia

José Manuel Cardoso da Costa