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Constitutional court dismisses appeal for non-application of civil procedure code article 650.2.f due to lack of constitutional challenge.

Case Number TC_19970650
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Dismissed
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The Constitutional Court refused to examine the appeal lodged by A against B, ordering A to pay the costs. The appellant argued that the Supreme Court of Justice failed to apply Article 650, number 2, letter f) of the Civil Procedure Code, which the appellant claimed was unconstitutional. The court rejected this because the appellant only raised the unconstitutionality of the norm in the request for a declaration of unconstitutionality, not in the appeal itself.

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Art. 70(1)(b) no. 1 of the Law on the Constitutional Court; The Constitutional Court will not examine an appeal if the unconstitutionality of the norm in question was only raised in the request for a declaration of unconstitutionality and not in the appeal.

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Constitutional Court jurisdiction Civil Procedure Code application Unconstitutionality declaration request Appeal admissibility criteria Procedural exhaustion requirements

Cited Legislation

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Art. 70(1)(b) no. 1 of the Law on the Constitutional Court
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684/04
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724/13
Constitutional Court dismisses appeal for lack of correspondence between appeal object and ratio decidendi.
544/2025
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629/2022
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Acórdão 650/97

ACÓRDÃO Nº 650/97

Proc. nº 435/97

Cons. Messias Bento

Acordam na 2ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional:

Recorrente: A.

Recorrida: B.

Nestes autos de recurso, vindos do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, interposto ao abrigo da alínea b) do nº 1 do artigo 70º da Lei do Tribunal Constitucional, tendo por objecto a norma constante do artigo 650º, nº 2, alínea f), do Código de Processo Civil, pelo essencial das razões aduzidas na exposição do relator, para as quais se remete, e que a resposta da recorrente não abalou- a saber: porque a decisão recorrida não aplicou aquela norma, cuja inconstitucionalidade a recorrente apenas suscitou no pedido de aclaração -, decide-se não tomar conhecimento do recurso e condenar a recorrente nas custas, com taxa de justiça que se fixa em oito unidades de conta.

Lisboa, 29 de Outubro de 1997

Messias Bento

Guilherme da Fonseca

Fernando Alves Correia

Luís Nunes de Almeida

Bravo Serra

José de Sousa e Brito

José Manuel Cardoso da Costa