Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 1985
- G.R. No. 70744 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FELIPE RAMIREZ, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 69437 VICE MAYOR SIEGFREDO D. OBIAS, KAGAWAD EFREN G. SANTOS, KAGAWAD FELICISIMO G. DE ASIS, KAGAWAD J. ANTONIO A. AMPARADO, KAGAWAD HELI D. MIRANDA, KAGAWAD PERFECTO V. PALACIO, KAGAWAD ROBERTO L. HERNANDEZ, KAGAWAD SEVERIANO F. TACORDA, KAGAWAD BENITO L. OLIVAN, AND KAGAWAD RESTITUTA M. IMPERIAL, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. MELECIO B. BORJA, PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH XX, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, 5TH JUDICIAL REGION OF NAGA CITY AS PUBLIC RESPONDENT, AND EDGARDO I. BRAVANTE ALIAS "EDDIE IMPERIAL" OR "EDDIE B. IMPERIAL" AS PRIVATE RESPONDENT, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 61549 FRANCISCO DE ASIS & CO., INC. FRANCISCO DE ASIS AND LEOCADIO DE ASIS, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, AND MERCEDES PRIETO DELGADO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-27718 INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (ITEMCOP), PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE AND THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. L-27768. MAY 27, 1985] COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (ITEMCOP) AND THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 57051 MERLY M. PAGALUNAN, PETITIONER, VS. STATION COMMANDER ANGELES CITY POLICE STATION; COMMANDER, METRODISCOM PC-INP, ANGELES CITY; AND/OR STATION COMMANDER, BACOLOR POLICE STATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-42419 PACIENCIA VDA. DE PONGAN, PETITIONER, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND LUZON STEVEDORING CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-41412 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. SANCHO NEPOMUCENO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 63535 PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND BRIGIDO SAMSON, REPRESENTED BY WIFE, NORMA S. SAMSON, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-39388 RAYMUNDO ERFE, PETITIONER, VS. HON. WILLELMO C. FORTUN, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BRANCH VIII, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, DAGUPAN CITY, ANGELES L. LEONOR, FLORENTINA L. BIACAN REPRESENTED BY ENCARNACION A. LAYGO, AS THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 70185 SANDIGAN NG MANGGAGAWA SA SHOEMART-NATIONAL FEDERATION OF LABOR [SMS-NFL], PETITIONER, VS. HON. CRESENCIO B. TRAJANO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS, MINISTRY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, SHOEMART EMPLOYEES UNION [SMEU] AND PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF FREE LABOR UNIONS [PAFLU], RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-44258 SPOUSES CENEN G. DIZON AND JULIETTE B. DIZON, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, ANTONIO ALIWALAS, PURISIMA A. BAIS, EDUARDO BAIS, ESPIRITA A. RASAY, AND BIENVENIDO RASAY, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 65848 HERNANDO C. LAYNO, SR., PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE HONORABLE TANODBAYAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-34856 IRENEO MIRALLES, ET AL., PETITIONERS, VS. PEDRO ORO & COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 2481 LEONCIO DELACRUZ, PETITIONER-COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. RICARDO A. FABROS, JR. AND ATTY. GUILLERMO E. SUÑEGA, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 68212 SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND JOSELITO REYES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 62465 SPOUSES ERNESTO S. NIETO AND MATILDE NILO NIETO, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. ROMEO D. MAGAT JUDGE-DESIGNATE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF PANGASINAN, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, BRANCH XIII, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-46126 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE BODY OF NARCISO C. CRUZ ESTEBAN S. CRUZ, PETITIONER, VS. THE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND NBI AGENT AUGUSTO BOLIVAR M. DELA PAZ, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 65555 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANTINOMENES DUERO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-40118 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. IGNACIO PANUELOS Y ZIGA, DAVID PANUELOS Y ZIGA, ISIDRO PANUELOS Y ZIGA, RODOLFO PANUELOS Y RAMOS, AND FRANCISCO PANUELOS, ACCUSED. IGNACIO PANUELOS Y ZIGA AND RODOLFO PANUELOS Y RAMOS, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35645 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CAPT. JAMES E. GALLOWAY, WILLIAM I. COLLINS AND ROBERT GOHIER, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. V. M. RUIZ, PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH XV, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL AND ELIGIO DE GUZMAN & CO., INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 52292 FEDERATION OF FREE WORKERS, FELICISIMO VIUDEZ, JR., SERAFIN CARLOS. DIONISIO MADRIGAL, RAFAEL SUPSUP, JAIME MACATULAD, MELITON DECENA, ANGEL CRISOSTOMO, RENATO JACOBE, REN ATO DELOS REYES, ROBERTO GOMEZ, REYNALDO JUSON, RICARDO BARCIBAL, FERMIN AGUSTIN, AMADO MINQUEZ, JUANITO PASION, WARLITO QUIBUYEN, ENRIQUE SANDEL AND PRIMITIVO DEMIQUILLO, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. EDUARDO P. CAGUIOA, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BULACAN, BRANCH VIII, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 57348 FRANCISCO DEPRA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. AGUSTIN DUMLAO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- A.M. No. 2864- OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, PETITIONER, VS. AMANDO S. SORIANO AND MILA R. TIJAM, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 66371 ARMANDO ANG, PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE JOSE P. CASTRO, REGIONAL TRIAL JUDGE, BRANCH LXXXIV AND HON. JUDGE JOSE P. ARRO, BRANCH CIII, BOTH OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF RIZAL, AND ASSISTANT FISCAL NARCISO T. ATIENZA OF QUEZON CITY, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 50345 HEIRS OF AGUSTIN FIESTA AND SIMEON JUAN, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND POTENCIANO REAÑO, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 60504 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR HABEASCORPUS MELITON C. GERONIMO, PETITIONER, VS. LT. GEN. FIDEL V. RAMOS IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF THE CONSTABULARY AND THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 60591. MAY 14, 1985] MELITON C. GERONIMO,PETITIONER, VS. JULIAN PENDRE, AND THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NOS. 60732-39. MAY 14, 1985] MELITON C. GERONIMO AND 75 OTHER PERSONS NAMED AS ACCUSED IN THE VARIOUS COMPLAINTS ATTACHED TO THIS PETITION, PETITIONERS, VS. RICARDO E. JAVIER, AS MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT JUDGE OF BARAS, RIZAL AND TERESA, RIZAL, SIMPLICIO C. PAGTALONAN, ASSISTANT PROVINCIAL FISCAL OF RIZAL, FORTUNATO U. MALABANAN, INP STATION COMMANDER OF BARAS, RIZAL AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 52832 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. HENRY SAMIANO AND REYNALDO DUSAL, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-20395 ELTON W. CHASE, AS MINORITY STOCKHOLDER AND ON BEHALF OF OTHER STOCKHOLDERS SIMILARLY SITUATED AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF AMERICAN MACHINERY AND PARTS MANUFACTURING, INC.,PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. DR. VICTOR BUENCAMINO, SR., VICTOR BUENCAMINO, JR., JULIO B. FRANCIA AND DOLORES A. BUENCAMINO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 68126 MACTAN RURAL BANK, INC., PETITIONER, VS. HON. VICENTE LEOGARDO, JR., DEPUTY MINISTER OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR AND THE CHIEF OF THE EXECUTION ARM, MINISTRY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, REGIONAL OFFICE NO. 7, CEBU CITY, LINA MANGUBAT, VIRGINIA REVILLES AND ROSALINA PENASCOZA, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 59879 PATRICIO SINAON AND MARIA, FRANCISCA AND JOSE, ALL SURNAMED SINAON, PETITIONERS, VS. ANDRES SORONGON, ANASTACIA PARREÑO, SOLEDAD PARREÑO, ANA PARREÑO, MARCELINA, CLARITA, RUFINO AND MANUEL, ALL SURNAMED ARELLANO, SIMPLICIO SOMBLINGO AND BRIGIDA SOMBLINGO AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-45382 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NICOLAS SERRANO, ET AL, ACCUSED, NICOLAS SERRANO, ALIAS KOLAS, AND TELESFORO ABELLADA, ALIAS PORONG, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 69261 RAJAH LAHUY MINING COMPANY, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, RICARDO D. LACUNA, AND WEST PACIFIC RICH MINERALS, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, SEBASTIAN ORDUNA, II, PETITIONERS, VS. JUDGE JAMES B. PAJARES, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, NAGA CITY, BRANCH 19, RAQUEL ENRIQUEZ Y ALVAREZ, MA. RAMONA ARENILLO Y ALVAREZ, EMILY STA. ANA Y ALVAREZ AND DIRECTOR OF MINES AND GEO-SCIENCES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 2131 ADRIANO E. DACANAY, COMPLAINANT, VS. BAKER & MCKENZIE AND JUAN G. COLLAS, JR., LUIS MA. GUERRERO, VICENTE A. TORRES, RAFAEL E. EVANGELISTA, JR., ROMEO L. SALONGA, JOSE R. SANDEJAS, LUCAS M. NUNAG, J. CLARO TESORO, NATIVIDAD B. KWAN AND JOSE A. CURAMMENG, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 62354 ROSALINDA GODIZANO, PETITIONER, VS. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (PHILIPPINE NAVY), RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-43086 FELIPE Z. CAÑETE FOR HIMSELF AND IN BEHALF OF HIS MINOR CHILDREN NAMELY: ALLYN (RUFO) AND ANDREW, ALL SURNAMED CAÑETE, PETITIONERS, VS. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-32737 GREGORIO A. CONCON, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, HONORABLE JOAQUIN T. MAAMBONG, AS JUDGE OF THE CITY COURT OF CCBU CITY, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 60509 LEOPOLDO TOLOSA, PETITIONER, VS. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-45234 RAND B SURETY & INSURANCE CO., INC., AND TOWERS ASSURANCE CORPORATION, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. VICTORINO A. SAVELLANO, AS PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH XIX, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, AND INVESTORS' FINANCE CORPORATION, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE "FNCB FINANCE," RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 69800 ALFREDO MONTELIBANO AND ALEJANDRO MONTELIBANO,PETITIONERS, VS. BACOLOD-MURCIA MILLING CO., INC., AND HON. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 67540 FLORENDA SALCEDO, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ESTHER NOBLES BANS, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, THIRD JUDICIAL REGION, BRANCH LXXII OLONGAPO CITY AND HOWARD ALEXANDER & RICHARD ROYNON, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 66547 RANCISCO MOGUEIS, JR., PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND CESAR AL BISNAR, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 58912 ROBERTO R. DE LUZURIAGA, SR., PETITIONER, VS. HON. MIDPANTAO L. ADIL, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ILOILO, BRANCH II AND GEORGE K. YOUNG, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 56893 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS IN BEHALF OF PEDRO SISON, JR., PEDRO SISON, SR.,PETITIONER, VS. MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, AND DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 59787 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR JOSEPH OLAYER, ALEX B. MARCELINO, DANILO DELA FUENTE, VIOLETA MARASIGAN, LAURA OCAMPO, EDWIN TULALIAN, BELEN DIAZ FLORES, CHARLIE PALMA, AVELINA ENRILE, ALAN JASMINEZ, MARCO PALO, MANUEL MARIO GUZMAN, RODOLFO BENUSA, NESTOR BODINO, ROGELIO ABARGA AND TWO OTHER PERSONS SURNAMED TABARA AND DAROCIN, CRISTINA VALERA JASMINEZ, AGAPITO E. MARCELINO, DIOSDADO D. GUZMAN, DANILO OCAMPO, AND MA. ERIE M. PALO, PETITIONERS, VS. GENERAL FABIAN C. VER, MAJOR GENERAL PROSPERO OLIVAS AND COL. ROLANDO ABADILLA, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-39047 ALBERTO PASCUA, CRISPINA PASCUA, SOTERA PASCUA, AND EDUARDO MOLINA, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. ALFREDO C. FLORENDO, CFI OF CAGAYAN, CLEMENTE CASTRO, AND JULIANA O. CASTRO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-35563 BETHEL TEMPLE, INC., PETITIONER, VS. GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-39379 BONIFACIO GOTICO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, VS. LEYTE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. L-41039 EBILIO BONGAT, JUANITO RICAFORTE, LUIS VISCA, ANTONIO DE LA PEÑA, HUGO PRESENTE, AMADO CASTRO, BERNARDINO LAMBAN, BENJAMIN BIRBOÑA, BENJAMIN CASUPANG, RUFO SAMSON, AND REYNO REYES, PETITIONERS, VS. BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS, QUALITY CONTAINER CORPORATION, AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKERS OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. Nos. 67002-03 LEPANTO CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE LABOR ARBITER RICARDO Q. ENCARNACION, AND EUFRONIO OMANITO, ELPIDIO ANCHETA, RODOLFO PALITOG, SATURNINO ANTES, NARCISO PASITENG, ROGELIO ABUAN, SAMUEL DAW-AS, DARWIN SAPINO, EDUARDO LINO, DONALD MALINIAS, JOSE DIMINO, JAMES DACWAG, ALBERTO VICENTE, ARMANDO REYES, FLORO GOMEZ, FELIX SOLOMON, AND DAVID BUCAO, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. L-42620 MAXIMINO RUELAN, PETITIONER, VS. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION; MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, AND THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N