G.R. No. 157013 – 453 Phil. 586 – Political Law – Election Laws – Absentee Voters Act – Proclamation of Winners in a National Elections Romulo Macalintal, as a lawyer and a taxpayer, questions the validity of the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 (R.A. 9189). He questions the validity […]
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G.R. No. 91478 – 271 Phil. 751 – 193 SCRA 717 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Board resolutions may be questioned by third persons – Board Meetings – Quorum – Sale of Corporate Properties In 1962, the Pampanga Bus Company (PAMBUSCO) took out a loan from the Development […]
G.R. No. L-30159 – 233 Phil. 26 – Taxation Law – Local Taxation – Taxes Levied By a Province – Sand and Gravel Fee In 1968, the Municipality of San Fernando, La Union, undertook road constructions. It sent its trucks to the nearby Municipality of Luna, La Union, to gather […]
G.R. No. 110263 – 414 Phil. 13 – 361 SCRA 489 – Civil Law – Conflict of Laws – Private International Law – Foreign Judgments – How Assailed In 1985, the High Court of Malaysia ordered the Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC) to pay $5.1 million to Asiavest Merchant Bankers […]
G.R. No. 147066; G.R. No. 147179 – 407 Phil. 618 – Political Law – Election Law – Right of Suffrage – Extension of Voters Registration On January 25, 2001, AKBAYAN-Youth, together with other youth movements sought the extension of the registration of voters for the May 2001 elections. The voters […]
G.R. No. 114776 – 381 Phil. 403 – 324 SCRA 414 – Civil Law – Conflict of Laws – Private International Law – Proof of Foreign Law – Applicability of Foreign Laws Labor Law – Jurisdiction and Reliefs – Money Claims; Prescriptive Period In 1978, Menandro Laureano was hired as a […]
G.R. No. 154993 – 510 Phil. 750 – 474 SCRA 258 – Taxation Law – Tax Remedies – Local Taxation – Original & Appellate Jurisdiction in Tax Cases In 1998, BA Lepanto Condominium Corporation (Lepanto) received a tax assessment in the amount of P1.6 million from Luz Yamane, the City […]
G.R. No. L-48237; G.R. No. L-49023 – 235 Phil. 350 – 151 SCRA 355 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Cash Dividends Labor Law – Jurisdiction and Reliefs – Illegal Dismissal In 1973, a labor union in Madrigal & Company, Inc. (MCI) sought the renewal of the collective bargaining […]
G.R. No. 122452 – 403 Phil. 391 – 350 SCRA 475 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Ultra Vires Acts of Corporate Officers – Derivative Suit Sometime before November 1992, Vic Ang Siong issued a check to Concord-World Properties, Inc. The check amounted to P83.5 million. The check however […]
G.R. No. 126751 – 407 Phil. 884 – 355 SCRA 559 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Ultra Vires Acts of Corporate Officers In 1985, Safic Alcan & Cie (SAC), a corporation, entered into an agreement with Imperial Vegetable Oil Co., Inc. (IVO) whereby the latter shall deliver tons […]
A.M. No. 6148 – 702 Phil. 1 – Legal Ethics – Reinstatement to the Bar – Judicial Clemency Guidelines In February 2004, Edmundo Macarrubo was disbarred for having contracted two bigamous marriages (gross immorality). He filed a motion for reconsideration but was denied. In June 2012, Macarrubo filed a petition […]
A.C. No. 6148 – 468 Phil. 148 – 424 SCRA 42 – Legal Ethics – Disbarment Case is Sui Generis – Immoral and Deceitful Conduct In 1982, Edmundo Macarrubo married Helen Esparza. In 1986, he began his career as a lawyer. However in 1991, Macarrubo married Florence Teves while his […]
G.R. No. 137378 – 396 Phil. 893 – 342 SCRA 722 – Civil Law – Conflict of Laws – Private International Law – Foreign Judgments – When May It Be Enforced In 1978, FASGI Enterprises Inc. (FASGI), a foreign corporation organized under the laws of California, USA, entered into a […]
G.R. No. 145587 – 563 Phil. 1 – 537 SCRA 409 – Civil Law – Conflict of Laws – Private International Law – Proof of Foreign Law – Processual Presumption Labor Law – Jurisdiction and Reliefs – Filipino fired abroad may file labor case against employer’s local agent In 1993, EDI-Staffbuilders, […]
G.R. No. 119602 – 342 SCRA 213 – Civil Law – General Principles – Conflict of Laws – Private International Law – Proof of Foreign Law – Processual Presumption In the Orinoco River in Venezuela, it is a rule that ships passing through it must be piloted by pilots familiar […]
G.R. No. 166393 – 607 Phil. 446 – Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Settlement of Estate – Rule 74; Summary Settlement of Estate; Fraudulent Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement Remedial Law – Civil Procedure – Rule 6; Counterclaim – Compulsory vs Permissive Counterclaim Quiterio San Jose and Antonina Espiritu Santo […]