G.R. No. L-24153 – 205 Phil. 480 – 120 SCRA 658 – Political Law – Basic Principles – Police Power; General Welfare Clause – Delegation of Police Power to Municipalities In the 1980s, the City of Manila passed an ordinance prohibiting barbershops from offering massage services if the massage services […]
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A.M. No. P-07-2404 – 564 Phil. 620 – 540 SCRA 42 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Simple Neglect – Civil Service Political Law – Administrative Law – Civil Service – Tardiness and Absences An anonymous letter-complaint was sent by the employees of the Supreme Court based in Davao […]
G.R. No. 111267 – 262 SCRA 219 – Mercantile Law – Intellectual Property – Law on Copyright – Requirements Before a Search Warrant May Be Issued in Copyright Cases – Piracy Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Search Warrants In 1986, the Videogram Regulatory Board (VRB) […]
G.R. No. L-25459 – 23 SCRA 1183 – Political Law – Basic Principles – Separation of Powers – Delegation of Legislative Power – Overbreadth Note: This case is consolidated with G.R. No. L-24796: DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY vs HON. EMMANUEL M. MUNOZ Pinagcamaligan Indo-Agro Development Corporation, Inc. (Piadeco) was a company […]
G.R. No. L-2746 – 7 Phil. 132 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Ancestral Domain – Ancestral Land Claim Political Law – Regalian Doctrine On June 23, 1903, Mateo Cariño went to the Court of Land Registration (CLR) to petition his inscription as the owner of a 146 […]
G.R. No. L-80007 – 157 SCRA 337 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – Members of Congress – Electoral Tribunals – HRET’s Jurisdiction over Electoral Protests Carmelo Lazatin questioned the jurisdiction of the (Commission on Elections) COMELEC in annulling his proclamation after he had taken his oath […]
G.R. No. L-23475 – 56 SCRA 714 – Political Law – The Legislative Department – Journal vs Enrolled Bill – Conclusiveness of the Enrolled Bill; Exception In 1964, Antonio Villegas (then Mayor of Manila) issued circulars to the department heads and chiefs of offices of the city government as well as to the owners, […]
G.R. No. L-29658 – 26 SCRA 150 – Political Law – The Legislative Department – Powers of Congress – Lawmaking Power – Legislative Process – Journal vs Enrolled Bill Enrique Morales has served as captain in the police department of a city for at least three years but does not […]
G.R. No. 97710 – 201 SCRA 792 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal – Removal of a Member Political Law – Basic Principles – Branches of Government – Separation of Powers Emigdio Bondoc and Marciano Pineda were rivals for a […]
G.R. Nos. 178831-32 – 583 SCRA 1 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – Members of Congress – Jurisdiction of the Electoral Tribunals Jocelyn Limkaichong ran as a representative in the 1st District of Negros Oriental. Olivia Paras, her rival, and some other concerned citizens filed […]
G.R. No. 78461; G.R. No. 79146; G.R. No. 79212 – 153 SCRA 67 – Political Law – The Legislative Department – Electoral Tribunals – Jurisdiction – Pre-proclamation Controversy Election Law – Pre-proclamation Controversy; Definition After the first senatorial elections under the 1987 Constitution, Augusto Sanchez, a candidate therein, petitioned the Commission […]
G.R. No. 83767 – 166 SCRA 651 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – Electoral Tribunals – Inhibition in the Senate Electoral Tribunal – Senate electoral contests In October 1987, Firdausi Abbas et al filed before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) an election contest against 22 […]
G.R. No. L-17931 – 7 SCRA 347 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – Legislative Process – Journal – Conclusiveness of the Enrolled Bill Casco Philippine Chemical Co., Inc. (Casco) was engaged in the production of synthetic resin glues used primarily in the production of plywood. […]
G.R. No. L-1123 – 78 Phil. 1 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – Legislative Process – Journal – Adoption of the Enrolled Bill Theory – Courts Need Not Look Into the Legislative Journal Petitioners include 3 senators and 8 representatives (this was in 1946). The […]
G.R. No. 108251 – 252 SCRA 641 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – Suspension of a Member of Congress – RA 3019 In January 1990, Teofilo Gelacio, the then vice mayor of San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, filed a case against Ceferino Paredes, Jr. (who was then […]
G.R. No. L-51122 – 113 SCRA 31 – Political Law – The Legislative Department – Appearance in Court Legal Ethics – A member of Congress may not appear as counsel in quasi-judicial bodies In May 1979, Eugenio Puyat and his group were elected as directors of the International Pipe Industries (IPI). […]