G.R. No. 278353 ; G.R. No. 278359- Political Law – Constitutional Law – Accountability of Public Officers – Impeachment – One-year Bar; How Computed – Initiation of an Impeachment Complaint In December 2024, three separate impeachment complaints were filed against Vice President Sara Duterte before the House of Representatives. […]
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G.R. No. 159402 – 659 Phil. 104 – 644 SCRA 36 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – State Immunity From Suit – Suit against unincorporated entities – Just Compensation Suits In 1995, the Air Transportation Office entered into a sales agreement with Spouses David and Elisea Ramos where […]
G.R. No. L-27299 – 51 SCRA 340 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – State Immunity From Suit – Suits against Unincorporated Entities – Mandamus In 1964, the Philippine Veterans Administration stopped paying WW2 veteran Quirico Del Mar’s pension on the ground that he was already receiving pension from […]
G.R. No. L-23139 – 125 Phil. 270 – 18 SCRA 1120 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – State Immunity from Suit – Suit against unincorporated entities Remedial Law – Civil Procedure – Parties to a Suit In 1962, four parcels of drill parts imported by Mobil Philippines Exploration, […]
G.R. No. 70547 – 217 SCRA 401 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – State Immunity From Suit – Suit Against GOCCs – Doctrine of Implied Powers In 1974, a PNR train operated by Honorio Cirbado (aka Honorio Cabardo) bumped a Baliwag Bus (BB) driven by Romeo Hughes. Eighteen […]
G.R. No. 73919 – 214 SCRA 35 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – State Immunity from Suit – GOCCs may be sued In 1967, the National Irrigation Administration were sued by several farmers due to a defective irrigation project. The trial court ruled in favor of the farmers […]
G.R. No. 169752 – 560 Phil. 385 – 534 SCRA 112 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – State Immunity from Suit – Suit against Quasi-Public Corporations The Philippine Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a corporation created by law in 1905 (Act No. 1285). It was […]
G.R. No. 108395 – 336 Phil. 274 – 269 SCRA 283 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Quasi-Delict Sometime in November 1987, Teodoro Guaring, Jr., driving a Mitsubishi Lancer headed north along the North Expressway in Pampanga when he was hit by a Philippine Rabbit Bus driven […]
G.R. No. 193462 – 726 Phil. 63 – 715 SCRA 247 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – State Immunity From Suit – Government Instrumentality – MECO is not a GOCC; MECO is not a government instrumentality In 2010, Atty. Dennis Funa, as a concerned citizen, requested the Commission […]
G.R. No. 233861 – 893 Phil. 399 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – State Immunity from Suit – Government Instrumentalities are Immune from Suit In November 2005, the City of Iloilo (COI) sent a notice of garnishment to the Development Bank (DBP) of the Philippines for it to […]
G.R. No. 155650 – 528 Phil. 181 – 495 SCRA 591 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – State Immunity from Suit – Suit Against Government Instrumentalities The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) was created under E.O. No. 903 issued on 21 July 1983. It operates the Ninoy Aquino […]
G.R. No. L-46930 – 162 SCRA 88 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – State Immunity from Suit – Government cannot be sued without its consent – Suit against officials performing government functions is suit against State Anthony Rossi and Ralph Wyers were employees of the US Naval Station […]
G.R. No. L-25916 – 143 Phil. 391 – 32 SCRA 466 – Political Law – State Immunity from Suit – Suit against public officials ≠ suit against state Gaudencio Begosa is a World War II veteran who was seeking disability pension from the Philippine Veterans Administration. His claim was […]
G.R. Nos. 116044-45 – 384 Phil. 227 – 327 SCRA 482 – Civil Law – Conflict of Laws – Contract of Carriage – Warsaw Convention – Situs of Actions Democrito Mendoza purchased from Singapore Airlines in Manila connecting tickets from Manila-Singapore-Athens-Larnaca-Rome-Turin-Zurich-Geneva-Copenhagen-New York. When Mendoza was in Geneva, he decided […]
G.R. No. 190289 – 823 Phil. 867 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – State Immunity From Suit – Government Functions vs Proprietary Functions – Estoppel In 2007, Phuture Visions Co., Inc. applied for a business permit from the Office of the Mayor of Bacolod City for it to […]
G.R. No. 138322 – 366 SCRA 437 – 418 Phil. 723 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Preliminary Title – Foreign Law – Divorce Rederick Recio, a Filipino, married to Editha Samson, an Australian citizen, on 1 March 1987. On 18 May 1989 a decree of […]