“Gerrymandering” is a “term employed to describe an apportionment of representative districts so contrived as to give an unfair advantage to the party in power.”
Daily Archives: November 15, 2010
G.R. No. L-23794 – 20 SCRA 739 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection In 1964, Ormoc City passed an ordinance which provides: “There shall be paid to the City Treasurer on any and all productions of centrifugal sugar milled at the Ormoc Sugar Company Incorporated, in […]
G.R. No. L-29646 – 86 SCRA 270 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – Delegation of Powers – Administrative Bodies Pao Ho is a Chinese national employed in the City of Manila. On 27 March 1968, then Manila Mayor Antonio Villegas signed Ordinance No. 6537 which […]
G.R. No. L-26344 – 235 Phil. 296 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – Sugar Cane Industry Hawaiian-Philippine Co. is a sugar milling company while Asociacion de Hacenderos de Silay-Saravia, Inc. is a corporation organized to represent sugar cane planters in Negros Occidental. In 1953, both […]
G.R. No. L-50908 – 127 SCRA 329 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – Distinction Between Heavy and Extra Heavy Cars and Others Mary Concepcion Bautista and her husband are assailing the constitutionality of Letter of Instruction No. 869 (LOI) issued in 1979 which classified vehicles […]
G.R. No. L-52304 – 95 SCRA 775 – Equal Protection – Gerrymandering **”Gerrymandering” is a “term employed to describe an apportionment of representative districts so contrived as to give an unfair advantage to the party in power.” ** Pursuant to Batas Blg 51 (enacted 22 Dec 1979), COMELEC adopted […]
G.R. No. L-59234 – 119 SCRA 597 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – Phasing Out of Old Taxis in Metro Manila but not Elsewhere On 10 October 1977, the Board of Transportation (BOT) issued Memorandum Circular No. 77-42 which has for its purpose the phasing […]
G.R. No. 124360 – 281 SCRA 330 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – Oil Deregulation Law Considering that oil is not endemic to this country, history shows that the government has always been finding ways to alleviate the oil industry. The government created laws to […]
G.R. No. 128096 – 301 SCRA 298 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection Clause – Cases Before the Sandiganbayan On May 18, 1995, alleged members of the Kuratong Baleleng Gang (KBG) were killed in a police operation. The incident was labeled as a rub out. Panfilo Lacson […]
G.R. No. 129651 – 344 SCRA 36 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Search and Seizure – Requisites of a Valid Search Warrant In Sept 1993, Rodrigo Abos, a former employee of UPC reported to the BIR that Uy Chin Ho aka Frank Uy, manager of UPC, was […]
G.R. Nos. L-50581-50617 – 111 SCRA 433 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – Creation of the Sandiganbayan – Ex Post Facto Law Nuñez assails the validity of the PD 1486 creating the Sandiganbayan as amended by PD 1606. He was accused before the Sandiganbayan of […]
G.R. No. L-47771 – 82 SCRA 30 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – 1978 Election Code – Block Voting does not violate equal protection Pedro Peralta was an independent candidate in the April 1978 Interim Batasang Pambansa Elections. He, along with others, assailed the constitutionality […]
G.R. No. L-34669 – 119 SCRA 218 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – Purchase of Land – Barrio Obrero – Equal protection must be invoked by the proper party In 1956, Resolution No. 542 was passed by the Register of Deeds Manila which provided that […]
GR No. L-59431 – 130 SCRA 654 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – Uniformity of Taxation Sison assails the validity of Batas Pambansa Blg. 135 which further amended Section 21 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1977. The law provides that there’d be a […]
G.R. No. 56515 – 104 SCRA 17 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – Access to Media In 1981, the Batasang Pambansa proposed amendments to the 1973 Constitution. The amendments were to be voted upon in a plebiscite for the people’s approval/disapproval. The YES vote was […]