G.R. No. 119712 – 362 Phil. 1 – 302 SCRA 362 – Political Law – Due Process – Right to be Heard – Opportunity to be Heard In 1968 and 1969, Continental Cement Corp. entered into a loan contract with DBP. In 1979, CCC entered into a MOA with […]
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G.R. No. 98310 – 331 Phil. 795 – 263 SCRA 490 – Political Law – Due Process – Right to Be Heard – Not Being Party to a Case In 1973, license was issued to Milagros Matuguina to operate logging businesses under her group Matuguina Logging Enterprises. MIWPI was […]
G.R. No. 139465 – 379 Phil. 165 – 322 SCRA 160 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Due Process – Right to be informed of the charges January 2000 En Banc Decision Mark Jimenez was charged of multiple crimes ranging from tax evasion to wire […]
G.R. No. 179462 – 598 Phil. 464 – 578 SCRA 648 – Political Law – Due Process – Right to Counsel Pedro Consulta was indicted for stealing a gold necklace worth 3.5k owned by a certain Silvestre. He was convicted by the lower court. Consulta raised before the CA […]
G.R. No. L-46392 – 229 Phil. 362 – 145 SCRA 360 – Political Law – Due Process Emma Delgado together with 3 others were charged with estafa. Delgado was assisted by one Atty. Yco. Atty. Yco has filed for multiple postponement of trial and one time he failed to […]
G.R. No. 126995 – 357 Phil. 762 – 247 SCRA 127 – Political Law – Due Process Imelda was charged together with Jose Dans for Graft & Corruption for a dubious transaction done in 1984 while they were officers transacting business with the Light Railway Transit. The case was […]
G.R. No. L-37051 – 173 Phil. 528 – 78 SCRA 485 – Political Law – Due Process – Hearing Lorenzana was renting a parcel of land from the Manila Railroad Company (later from the Bureau of Lands). She later purchased the land (San Lazaro Estate). She had the property […]
G.R. No. L-49360 – 183 Phil. 315 – 94 SCRA 707 – Political Law – Due Process – Hearing David has a large parcel of land in Polomolok, Cotabato. He let Felomeno Jugar and Ricardo Jugar tend and caretake separate portions of his land in 1971. The land is […]
G.R. Nos. L-69640-45 – 220 Phil. 644 – 136 SCRA 266 – Political Law – Due Process – Hostility Between the Judge and the Parties – Inhibition Paderanga was the mayor of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. He petitioned that J Azura inhibits himself from deciding on pending cases brought […]
G.R. No. L-52241 – 218 Phil. 259 – 133 SCRA 271 – Political Law – Due Process – Impartial and Competent Court Rosalinda Tecson filed a case for collection of sum of money before the Rizal RTC against Pedro Azul. The case was raffled to Judge Sarmiento. On 27 […]
G.R. No. 157882 – 520 Phil. 457 – 485 SCRA 586 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Police Power – Eminent Domain In 1987, EO 279 was promulgated which allowed the DENR Secretary to allow foreign corporations to conduct mining explorations in the Philippines. In 1994, the government […]
G.R. No. L-61311 – 238 Phil. 136 – 154 SCRA 142 – Political Law – Police Power Cannot Be Bargained Away Through a ContractCivil Law – Law on Property – A public plaza is beyond the commerce of man In 1961, the municipal council of San Fernando, Pampanga, through a […]
G.R. No. L-59234 – 202 Phil. 925 – 119 SCRA 597 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Police Power Petitioner Taxicab Operators of Metro Manila, Inc. (TOMMI) is a domestic corporation composed of taxicab operators, who are grantees of Certificates of Public Convenience to operate taxicabs within the City […]
G.R. No. L-5060 – 15 Phil. 85 – Political Law – Police Power – Limitations on Private Ownership – General Welfare Sometime in the 1900s, Toribio applied for a permit to have his carabao slaughtered for human consumption. His request was denied because his carabao was found not unfit […]
G.R. No. L-49112 – 177 Phil. 160 – 88 SCRA 195 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Generally Accepted Principles of International Law – Police Power Agustin is the owner of a Volkswagen Beetle Car. He is assailing the validity of Letter of Instruction No 229 which requires […]
G.R. No. L-7995 – 101 Phil. 1155 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Treaties May Be Superseded by Municipal Laws in the Exercise of Police Power – Police Power could not bargained away through a treaty Lao Ichong is a Chinese businessman who entered the country to take […]