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The United States v. H. N. Bull
The Supreme Court affirmed conviction of a foreign ship's master for violating Acts No. 55 and No. 275 by failing to provide suitable means to secure animals...
Alonso v. Villamor (G.R. No. L-2352, July 26, 1910)
Court affirms judgment for the Roman Catholic Church, finding the seizure and occupation by municipal officers unlawful, and amends the record to substitute ...
Rubi, et al. v. The Provincial Board of Mindoro (G.R. No. L-14078)
The Supreme Court (Malcolm, J.) upheld section 2145 of the Administrative Code (1917) authorizing provincial reconcentration of "non‑Christian" inhabitants a...
Jose A. Angara v. The Electoral Commission (G.R. No. 45081, July 15, 1936)
The Supreme Court held that the Electoral Commission is the sole judge of contests relating to elections, returns, and qualifications of Assembly members and...
People v. Oanis and Galanta, G.R. No. 47722 (Jul. 27, 1943)
Officers who shot a sleeping man they honestly believed to be a notorious fugitive were convicted of murder with the mitigating circumstance of an incomplete...
Froilan v. Pan Oriental Shipping Co., G.R. No. L-6060 (Sept. 30, 1954)
The Supreme Court reversed the dismissal of Pan Oriental's counterclaim, holding it was not barred by prior judgment, had a sufficient foundation, and that t...
Maria Flor v. Dirige (G.R. No. L-22033, July 30, 1966)
The Supreme Court held that a petition for relief from default judgment must be filed within six months from the date the judgment is entered; notice to the ...
Caltex (Philippines), Inc. v. Palomar, G.R. No. L-19650
The Supreme Court held that Caltex's "Hooded Pump Contest" was not a lottery or prohibited gift enterprise under the Postal Law and that Caltex had standing ...
Victoria Amigable v. Nicolas Cuenca, Commissioner of Public Highways, et al. (G.R. No. L-26400, Feb. 29, 1972)
Where the government occupies private land for public use without expropriation or negotiated sale, the owner may sue for compensation; the Court remanded to...
Uyguangco v. Court of Appeals (G.R. No. 76873, October 26, 1989)
The Supreme Court dismissed a partition complaint where the putative illegitimate son sought to prove filiation by open and continuous possession after the a...
Aris (Phils.), Inc. v. NLRC (G.R. No. 90501, August 5, 1991)
The Supreme Court upheld Section 12 of R.A. No. 6715 making the reinstatement aspect of a labor arbiter's decision immediately executory even pending appeal,...
Cesar L. Lantoria v. Atty. Irineo L. Bunyi, A.M. No. 1769
A lawyer who prepared draft decisions for a trial judge and transmitted them through a party's agent was found guilty of conduct unbecoming a lawyer and susp...
Oposa v. Factoran (G.R. No. 101083, July 30, 1993)
The Supreme Court held that the minors and their parents had standing to sue as a class to enforce the constitutional right to a balanced and healthful ecolo...
DRA. BRIGIDA S. BUENASEDA, et al. v. SECRETARY JUAN FLAVIER, OMBUDSMAN CONRADO M. VASQUEZ, et al.
The Supreme Court held that under Section 24 of R.A. No. 6770 the Ombudsman may preventively suspend any public official or employee administratively charged...
Philippine Constitution Association et al. v. Enriquez, et al. — GAA of 1994 (G.R. Nos. 113105 / 113174 / 113766 / 113888)
The Supreme Court dismissed most challenges to presidential vetoes and conditions on the 1994 General Appropriations Act but annulled certain vetoes (debt-se...
Gil Rubio v. Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Branch 4, Cagayan de Oro City (G.R. No. 87110)
A writ of demolition that substantially complies with the form and contents required of a writ of execution may be treated as a writ of execution; interlocut...
People of the Philippines v. Leo Echegaray y Pilo
The Supreme Court denied reconsideration and upheld the conviction and death sentence under R.A. No. 7659 for rape of a 10‑year‑old, holding the Death Penalt...
Municipality of San Juan, Metro Manila v. Court of Appeals, et al.
The Supreme Court declared Proclamation No. 164 null and void as an unauthorized exercise of legislative power and permanently enjoined the DENR from enforci...
Jison v. Court of Appeals (Francisco L. Jison v. Court of Appeals and Monina Jison)
The Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals' declaration that Monina is the illegitimate daughter of Francisco Jison, holding her filiation proven by cle...
Leo Echegaray v. Secretary of Justice, G.R. No. 132601
The Supreme Court temporarily restrained execution to permit review of supervening legislative developments but ultimately lifted the TRO while affirming the...
Panfilo M. Lacson v. Executive Secretary, et al., G.R. No. 128096 (Jan. 20, 1999)
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Sections 4 and 7 of R.A. No. 8249 but held that the amended informations failed to allege facts showing the...
Edwin Cadua v. Court of Appeals and People of the Philippines, G.R. No. 123123
Warrantless arrest and search were lawful where police, acting on a recent robbery report and complainants' identification, observed the accused attempting t...
NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION (NIA) v. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ARBITRATION COMMISSION, and HYDRO RESOURCES CONTRACTORS CORPORATION
The Supreme Court dismissed NIA's Rule 65 petition for certiorari, holding that NIA had an adequate remedy by appeal under Rule 45 and that CIAC did not act ...
Republic of the Philippines v. Court of Appeals and Traders Royal Bank, G.R. No. 129846
Petition dismissed — Supreme Court affirms dismissal because petitioner failed to perfect timely appeals; Rule 65 certiorari is not a substitute for a lost R...
Integrated Bar of the Philippines v. Hon. Ronaldo B. Zamora, Gen. Panfilo M. Lacson, Gen. Edgar B. Aglipay, and Gen. Angelo Reyes (G.R. No. 141284)
The Supreme Court dismissed the IBP's petition challenging the deployment of the Philippine Marines in joint visibility patrols in Metro Manila, holding the ...
Bayan et al. v. Executive Secretary et al. (Visiting Forces Agreement) — G.R. Nos. 138570, 138572, 138587, 138680, 138698 (Oct. 10, 2000, En Banc)
The Court dismissed petitions challenging the VFA, holding the Executive acted within power, the Senate concurrence satisfied constitutional requirements, an...
Ernestina Bernabe v. Carolina Alejo (G.R. No. 140500)
Illegitimate children who were minors when the Family Code took effect retain their substantive right under Civil Code Art. 285 to file for recognition withi...
Khosrow Minucher v. Hon. Court of Appeals and Arthur Scalzo (G.R. No. 142396, Feb. 11, 2003)
The Supreme Court denied the petition and held that Arthur Scalzo, a U.S. DEA agent allowed by the Philippine government to conduct activities in the country...
Khan v. Simbillo (G.R. No. 157053; A.C. No. 5299)
The Court held that paid advertisements soliciting legal business and making undignified, self-laudatory or misleading claims — here, promising expedited ann...
Estrada v. Sandiganbayan (G.R. No. 159486-88, November 25, 2003)
Petition for certiorari dismissed; counsel Alan Paguia indefinitely suspended for conduct unbecoming a lawyer for his attacks on the Court and improper publi...
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. MARIVIC GENOSA, G.R. No. 135981
The Supreme Court affirmed conviction for parricide but reduced the penalty after recognizing that the accused suffered cumulative provocation (psychological...
Diego v. Castillo (A.M. No. RTJ-02-1673)
A Regional Trial Court judge was fined for gross ignorance of the law after acquitting an accused of bigamy based on a foreign "divorce" decree and a finding...
Neypes et al. v. Heirs of Del Mundo, Land Bank of the Philippines, et al., G.R. No. 141524
The Supreme Court held that when a party timely files a motion for new trial or reconsideration, a "fresh period" of 15 days to file a notice of appeal runs ...
DAVID et al. v. ARROYO (PP No. 1017 & G.O. No. 5) — G.R. Nos. 171396, 171409, 171485, 171483, 171400, 171489, 171424 (May 3, 2006)
The Supreme Court upheld the President’s calling-out power in PP No. 1017 but struck down provisions that effectively conferred decree-making or allowed enfo...
Siguan v. Lim (G.R. No. 134685, November 19, 1999)
The Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals and held that the deed of donation executed by Rosa Lim was not rescissible by accion pauliana because petiti...
Province of North Cotabato v. Government of the Republic of the Philippines Peace Panel on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD, G.R. Nos. 183591, 183752, 183893, 183951, 183962)
The Supreme Court en banc declared the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) unconstitutional, held that respondents committed grave abuse of ...
Rule on Mandatory Legal Aid Service (Resolution, February 10, 2009)
The Supreme Court approved the Rule on Mandatory Legal Aid Service requiring practicing lawyers to render a minimum of 60 hours of free legal aid annually, w...
Mandy Commodities Co., Inc. v. The International Commercial Bank of China
The Supreme Court dismissed the petition for certiorari, holding the petition was the wrong remedy and petitioner failed to show grave abuse of discretion by...
Biraogo v. Philippine Truth Commission of 2010 (consol. with Lagman, et al. v. Ochoa & Abad)
The Supreme Court (En Banc) declared Executive Order No. 1 creating the Philippine Truth Commission of 2010 unconstitutional insofar as it violated the equal...
Lockheed Detective and Watchman Agency, Inc. v. University of the Philippines
Before execution against a government instrumentality like UP may be had, a claim for payment must first be filed with the Commission on Audit; Lockheed was ...
Villatuya v. Tabalingcos, A.C. No. 6622 (July 10, 2012)
The Supreme Court disbarred Atty. Bede S. Tabalingcos for committing bigamy twice, reprimanded him for unlawful solicitation and dismissed a charge of dishon...
University of the Philippines v. Hon. Agustin S. Dizon; Stern Builders, Inc. and Servillano Dela Cruz
Government funds of state universities are not subject to garnishment; the Commission on Audit has primary jurisdiction to examine, audit and settle monetary...
Republic of the Philippines v. Bayao, et al.
The Supreme Court granted the petition, holding that the transfer of DA-RFU XII to Koronadal City was an executive function beyond judicial inquiry and that ...
James M. Imbong v. Hon. Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr. — Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act (R.A. No. 10354)
The Supreme Court held that R.A. No. 10354 is largely constitutional but struck down specific provisions that unduly burden religious freedom, marital and pa...
Most Rev. Pedro D. Arigo, et al. v. Scott H. Swift, et al., G.R. No. 206510
The Supreme Court denied the petition for a Writ of Kalikasan relating to the grounding of the USS Guardian, holding it could not exercise jurisdiction over ...
UNICOL Management Services, Inc. et al. v. Malipot (G.R. No. 206562)
Supreme Court reverses the Court of Appeals and holds that the seaman died by suicide, which is an intentional act exempting the employer from POEA death ben...
Henry Ong Lay Hin v. Court of Appeals, Hon. Gabriel T. Ingles, and the People of the Philippines
The Supreme Court denied the petition — the registry return card is presumed accurate and the negligence of counsel binds the client unless it is so gross as...
Vicente C. Tatel v. JLFP Investigation Security Agency, Inc., G.R. No. 206942
Security guard placed on "floating status" for over six months was held constructively dismissed; the Supreme Court reinstated the NLRC decision awarding sep...
Resident Marine Mammals of the Protected Seascape Tañon Strait v. Angelo Reyes, et al.
The Supreme Court granted the consolidated petitions and declared Service Contract No. 46 (SC-46) null and void for violating the 1987 Constitution, the NIPA...
Regulus Development, Inc. v. Antonio dela Cruz, G.R. No. 198172
The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and held that the RTC had jurisdiction to levy respondent's real property in execution of its orders issued i...
Rappler, Inc. vs. Andres D. Bautista
The Supreme Court partially granted Rappler's petition and directed the COMELEC to implement Part VI(C), paragraph 19 of the MOA, allowing the live streaming...
Fajardo v. Atty. Nicanor C. Alvarez, A.C. No. 9018
An incumbent lawyer in the DOH's National Center for Mental Health committed unauthorized practice and influence peddling; suspended one year and ordered to ...
Mosqueda v. Pilipino Banana Growers & Exporters Association, Inc. (G.R. Nos. 189185 & 189305)
The Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals and permanently enjoined enforcement of Davao City Ordinance No. 0309‑07, holding Sections 5 and 6 unconstitu...
Helen Lorenzo Cunanan v. Court of Appeals, Teofilo Q. Inocencio, Regional Director, Department of Agrarian Reform Regional Office No. III, and Yolanda Mercado
The Supreme Court granted certiorari, set aside the DAR and Court of Appeals orders for denying due process, and remanded the case for further proceedings.
Balibago Faith Baptist Church, Inc. and Philippine Baptist S.B.C., Inc. v. Faith in Christ Jesus Baptist Church, Inc. and Reynaldo Galvan (G.R. No. 191527)
The Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals and held that the complaint was deficient to sustain an unlawful detainer action and that the Municipal Trial...
Philippine Telegraph & Telephone Corp. v. Smart Communications, Inc.
The Supreme Court held that the NTC has primary jurisdiction to approve and review access charges in bilateral interconnection agreements under Section 18 of...
TSM SHIPPING (PHILS.), INC., AND MST MARINE SERVICES PHILS., INC. v. SHIRLEY G. DE CHAVEZ, G.R. No. 198225
The Supreme Court granted the petition and reinstated the NLRC decision finding that the seafarer's death was self-inflicted, holding that petitioners presen...
Villareal v. Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (G.R. No. 232202)
A writ of execution issued after the five-year period under Section 6, Rule 39 is null and void; both the filing of the motion and the court's issuance of th...
Palencia v. Linsangan, A.C. No. 10557 (July 10, 2018)
The Supreme Court suspended Attys. Pedro L. Linsangan and Gerard M. Linsangan for two years for ambulance‑chasing and gross misconduct in mishandling a clien...
EDGAR T. CARREON v. MARIO AGUILLON AND BETTY P. LOPEZ (G.R. No. 240108)
The Supreme Court partially granted the petition, reversed and set aside the Court of Appeals' resolutions, and remanded the Annulment Petition to the CA to ...
People of the Philippines v. Ybo Lastimosa
The Supreme Court affirmed conviction for Murder and held that a photocopy (duplicate) of a death certificate is admissible under Rule 130, Sec. 4(c) of the ...