Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
A citizen lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment rejecting her challenge to the administrative act confiscating an urban building, invoking the principle of legality and the rights of property and pre-emption. The Court dismissed the appeal, since the confiscation had met the legal requirements, including the former owner's unjustified absence, its effects being irreversible under Article 97 of the Constitution, and the right of pre-emption belonged only to actual tenants.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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