G.R. No. 78742 – G.R. No. 79777 – 175 SCRA 343 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Equal Protection – Valid Classification Eminent Domain – Just Compensation These are four consolidated cases questioning the constitutionality of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Act (R.A. No. 6657 and related laws […]
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G.R. No. 122389 – 274 SCRA 358 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Due Process; Administrative Bodies – May a commissioner review a case he decided when he was still an arbiter Miguel Singson was an employee of the Philippine Air Lines (PAL). In 1991, a Japanese national alleged […]
G.R. No. 78763 – 175 SCRA 277 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Due Process; Administrative Bodies Labor Law – Labor Relations – Termination of Employment – Grounds of Termination; when offset Apolinario Signo was employed by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) as supervisor-leadman since 1963. During his 20 […]
G.R. No. L-26803 – 67 SCRA 287 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Due Process; Administrative Bodies The American Tobacco Company (ACT) was a party to a trademark case pending before the Philippine Patent Office. ATC challenged the validity of Rule 168 of the “Revised Rules of Practice before the Philippine Patent […]
G.R. No. L-63915 – 146 SCRA 446 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Publication – Presidential Proclamations etc – What “unless otherwise provided” means in Article 2 of the Civil Code With the Supreme Court’s decision that ordered Tuvera et al to publish in the Official Gazette the unpublished presidential […]
G.R. No. 112193 – 254 SCRA 711 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Preliminary Title – Application of Laws – No retroactive effect if vested rights are impaired During his lifetime, Jose Aruego, Sr. had an illicit relationship with Luz Fabian. They had two children: Antonia and Evelyn […]
G.R. Nos. 95122-23 – 197 SCRA 863 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Conflict of Laws – Foreign Laws; How Proven – Proof of Foreign Laws – Processual Presumption In July 1960, Santiago Gatchalian was recognized as a natural born Filipino by the Bureau of Immigration. Santiago married in […]
G.R. No. 140500 – 374 SCRA 180 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Application of Laws – No retroactive effect if vested rights are impaired The late Fiscal Ernesto Bernabe allegedly fathered a son with Carolina Alejo. The son was born on September 18, 1981 and was named Adrian Bernabe. […]
G.R. No. 107369 – 312 SCRA 239- Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Appointments – Confirmation by the Commission on Appointments Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Duty of Courts to Respect the Constitutionality of Laws Passed By Congress – Presumption of Constitutionality; when not enjoyed In 1990, Republic […]
G.R. No. 75915-16 – 214 SCRA 41 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Prescriptive Dates – Prescription of Rights Mercantile Law – Law on Insurance – Insurable Interest; when not present In February 1981, the spouses Go It Bun and Choi Ping Tai insured their property with Cathay Insurance Co., […]
G.R. No. L-23678 – 20 SCRA 358 – Civil Law – Application of Laws – Nationality Principle – Renvoi Doctrine – Conflict of Laws Succession – Nationality of the Decedent – Legitime Amos Bellis was a citizen of the State of Texas, and of the United States. By his first wife […]
G.R. No. 112170 – 256 SCRA 149 – Statutory Construction - Purpose of a Law Civil Law – Application of Laws – Interpretation of Laws In 1989, Cesario Ursua was charged with bribery and dishonesty. His lawyer then asked him to get a copy of the complaint against him from […]
G.R. No. L-80718 – 157 SCRA 757 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Application of Laws – Publication of Laws – Publication of Supreme Court Decisions in the Official Gazette The firewall of a burned out building owned by Felisa De Roy collapsed and destroyed the tailoring shop occupied by the family […]
G.R. No. 102316 – 274 SCRA 642 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Waiver of Patrimonial Rights On January 16, 1984 plaintiff Valenzuela Hardwood and Industrial Supply Inc. entered into an agreement with the defendant Seven Brothers whereby the latter undertook to load on board its vessel the former’s lauan […]
G.R. No. L-68385 – 173 SCRA 285 (255 Phil. 271) – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Applicability of Laws In March 1976, Warren Graham, an American national and a former resident of the Philippines, died in Oregon, USA. As certain shares of stock are left in the Philippines, his son […]
G.R. No. L-29701 – 148 SCRA 438 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Application of Laws – Finality of Judgment On August 24, 1960, Taurino Singson as paying passenger on board a bus belonging to the Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines sustained multiple serious physical injuries when the said bus crashed […]