Intro to Law Cases

Case Titles
1.Holy See
V.
Del Rosario Jr.

2. Secretary of
Justice
V.
Lantion

3.
International
School
Alliance of
Educators
V.
Hon. Leonardo
A.

Subject
Double sale of land
by the petitioner,
Holy See (Msgr
Cirilos, acting as
agent) to private
entities (Licup and
Tropicana Properties
and Dev Corp)
Extradition case
against Mark
Jimenez. He asked
for a copy of
extradition request.
Whether to uphold a
citizens basic due
process rights or the
governments duties
under a treaty.
Foreign-hired
workers received
higher salaries and
benefits than their
local counterparts.
Equal pay for work
of equal value.

Application to Principles of Law

Sovereign Immunity
Decision: Petition for certiorari is
granted; and the complaint in civil
case against the petitioner is
dismissed

Date
December 1,
1994

SCRA
238 SCRA 524

G.R No.
101949

Ponente
J. Quiason

Bill of rights
Due process
Right to information
Petition: dismissed. The petitioner
is ordered to furnish the
respondent copies of the
extradition request and its
supporting papers.

January 18,
2000

322 SCRA 160

139465

J. Melo

Social justice and human rights protect and enhance the right of all
people to human dignity, reduce
social, economic, and political
inequalities

June 1, 2000

333 SCRA 13

128845

J. Kapunan

Quisumbing,
et al
4. American
Insurance
Association
V.
Garamendi,
US. Supreme
Court
5. In Re:
Cunanan

6. Carino
V.
Commission
on Human
Rights

7. Francisco,
et at
V.
House of
Representativ
es

June 23, 2003

In the matter of the

petitions for
admission to the bar
of unsuccessful
candidates of 1946
to 1953.
Whether or not the
CHR has the power
under the
Constitution to
adjudicate, or has
adjudicatory powers
over certain specific
type of cases.
Whether the filing of
the2nd
Impeachment
complaint against J.
Davide falls within
the 1 year bar
provided in the
Constitution.

Republic act no. 972: an act to fix

the passing marks for bar
examinations. From 1946-1955.

March 18,
1954

94 Phil 534

J. Diokno

Quasi-judicial functions
Functions of the CHR investigate
all forms of human rights violations
involving civil and political rights.
But it cannot try and decide cases.
Petition granted. The CHR are
prohibited to hear and resolve the
case.
Doctrine of separation of powers
among the 3 branches of
government: legislative, executive,
and judicial
Doctrine of checks and balance
Article XI of the 1987 Constitution Accountability of public officers
Sec 2. The President, VicePresident, the members of the

December 2,
1991

204 SCRA 483

96681

J. Narvasa

Nov. 10, 2003

415 SCRA 44

160261

J. Carpio-Morales

Supreme Court, members of the

Constitutional Commission, and
the Ombudsman may be removed
from office on impeachment.
Sec.3 (1). The HOR shall have the
exclusive power to initiate all cases
of impeachment.
(5). No impeachment proceedings
shall be initiated against the same
official more than once within a
period of 1 year.
(6). The senate shall have the sole
power to try and decide all cases
of impeachment.
Initiated when a Committee on
Justice finds that a verified
complaint is sufficient in
substance; or on the date the said
Committee overturn or affirm the
verified complaint.
Decision: 2nd impeachment, barred.
8. In Re:
Vallarta and
Valenzuela

Question for
Resolution: can the
President appoint to
fill in the vacancies
in the judiciary
during the election
period?

Section 15 Art VII of the

Constitution. 2 months
immediately before the next
presidential elections, and up to
the end of his term, a President or
Acting President shall not make
appointments, except temporary
appointments to executive
positions when continued

Nov. 9, 1998

298 SCRA 408

A.M. No. 98-5-01

CJ. Narvasa

vacancies therein will prejudice

public service or endanger public
safety.
Resolution: no action be taken on
the appointments (void). Refrain
appointees from taking their oath
of office.
9. De Castro
V.
JBC

Appointment of
Chief justice in the
Supreme Court
during the election
ban period.

10. Aguirre
V.
Aguirre

Petition for the

review of the
decision of the CA,
in favor of the
petitioners, but
claimed to be short
of what they should

Sec 15 Art VII (Executive

Department) of the Constitution
prohibits the President or Acting
President from making
appointments within 2 months
immediately before the next
presidential elections
Sec 4 (1) Art VIII (Judicial
Department) provides that any
vacancy in the Supreme Court shall
be filled within 90 days from the
occurrence thereof.
Decision: dismissed petitions for
prohibitions; grants petition
directing the JBC to resume
proceedings for nomination of
candidates for Chief Justice.
Dispositive Portion
Decision: Affirmed with
modification on the amount
granted (the respondents shall pay
interest on all the amounts, at a
legal rate).

March 17,
2010

58 SCRA 461

191002

J. Bersamin

33080

J. Zaldivar

11. People
V.
Malmstedt

12. Church of
Lukumi Babalu
Aye
V.
City of Hialeah
13. Morales
V.
Paredes

14. Delta
Motors Corp
V.
Court of
Appeals

be entitled to under
the law.
The accused was
found guilty beyond
reasonable doubt in
violating the
Dangerous Drugs
Act of 1972.
He sought reversal
of the said decision
on the grounds of
illegal search and
arrest since there
was no warrant.

Motion for
reconsideration of
the decision
granting the
registration of land
to another name.
Section 38 of the
Land Rgistration act

Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972

Warrantless search and arrest;
when lawful:
- In flagrante delicto actually
committing the crime
- An offense has just been
committed
- When the person to be
arrested is a prisoner who
has escaped from a penal
establishment
Decision: affirmed the conviction.

June 19, 1991

Obiter Dictum
Case: Dismissed

December 29,
1930

Obiter dictum (an opinion

expressed by a court upon some
question of law which is not
necessary to the decision of the
case before it)

July 24, 1997

198 SCRA 401

276 SCRA 212

91107

J. Padilla

34428

J. Ostrand

121075

J. Davide, Jr

15. Lee
V.
Court of
Appeals
16 .Gerona, et
al
V.
The Honorable
Secretary of
Education

17. Ebralinag
V.
The Division of
Superintenden
t of Schools of
Cebu
18, Ulep
V.
The Legal
Clinic

196

August 12,
1959

L-13954

256

To order the
Respondent to cease
and desist from
issuing
advertisements
similar to the
practice of law.
Resolution to
perpetually prohibit
persons/entities
from making
advertisements
pertaining to the
exercise of the law

Practice of Law
Code of Professional Ethics
Resolution: restrain and enjoin the
respondent from issuing or causing
the publication or advertisement in
any form.

June 17, 1993

Bar Matter 553

J. Regalado

profession other
than those allowed
by law.
19. In Re:
Dalmacio de
los Angeles
20. Neilson
and Company,
Inc and
Lepanto
Consolidated
Mining
Company
21. Stogner
V.
California, U.
S. Supreme
Court
22. Valmonte
V.
DeVilla

23. Valmonte
V.
De Villa
24. Columbia
Pictures, Inc
V.
Court of
Appeals

540

June 26, 2003

Petition for
prohibition seeking
for the declaration
of checkpoints in
Valenzuela,
unconstitutional.

Petition for review

on certiorari of the
decision of CA.
Pirated films of the
complainants found

Checkpoints maybe considered as

security measures
Decision: petition, dismissed.

Decree on the protection of

intellectual property
Foreign corporations not licensed
to do business in the Phils.
Corporation code provides that no

September 29,
1989

178 SCRA 211

May 24, 1990

185 SCRA 665

August 28,
1996

261 SCRA 144

83988

J. Padilla

110318

J. Regalado

in the possession of
the defendants.

25. 20th
Century Fox
Film Corp
V.
Court of
Appeals
26. Quinto
V.
Commission
on Elections
27. Helvering
V.
Hallock
28. J. M.
Tuason Co. Inc
V.
Mariano
29. Andersons
Group Inc

foreign corporations transacting

business in the Phils shall be
permitted to maintain or intervene
in any action, suit, or proceeding in
any court, but such corporation
maybe sued on any valid cause of
action.
Decision: judgment and resolution
of CA, reversed and set aside.
Search warrant, valid, hereby
reinstated. The said court is
directed to proceed.
655

February 22,
2010

189698

644

Petitioner questions
the decision of the

Lis pendens (another action is

pending between the same parties

January 21,
1997

266 SCRA 423

114928

J. Romero

V.
Court of
Appeals

30. Islamic
Directorate of
the Phils
V.
Court of
Appeals
31. Villanueva
V.
Court of
Appeals
32. South
Central Bell
Telephone Co.
et al
V.
Alabama, et al
33. People
V.
Piniula

CA which set aside 2

orders of the RTC of
Kalookan City which
denied private
respondents Motion
to Dismiss
petitioners
complaint on the
ground of lis
pendens.

for the same cause of action) ground for dismissal

Litis pendentia is a sanction of
public policy against multiplicity of
suits
Res judicata
Which court would be in a better
position to serve the interest of
justice?
Decision: affirmed CA decision.
454

180

March 23,
1999

34. Solid
Manila Corp
V.
Bio Hong
Trading
35. Phil
Blooming Mills
Employees
Organization
V.
Phil Blooming
Mills Co, Inc
36. Echegaray
V.
Secretary of
Justice
37. Estrada
V.
Desierto
38. Tecson, et
al
V.
Comelec
39. Sell
V.
United States
40. Cruzan
V.
Director,
Mo, Health
dept

748

189

January 19,
1999

96

452

March 3, 2004

161434

June 16, 2003

Hospital employees
refusal to terminate
the petitioners
artificial ventilation
and hydration that
would result in her

Right of a person to direct/refuse

the withdrawal of death-prolonging
procedures.
Right to refuse treatment

497 US 261

CJ. Rehnquist

41. Clinton
V.
Jones

42. Lawrence
V.
Texas, US
Supreme
Court
43. Barnes
V.
Glenn Theatre,
Inc
44. Phillips MD
V.
Irons, MD
45. Freedman
V.
State of
Maryland
46. Near
V.

death
Petitioner filed a
motion to dismiss a
case (sexual
advances) filed
against him on the
grounds of
Presidential
Immunity.

Rationale for the president to

perform its function on official
basis without fear that a particular
decision may result to personal
liability; and provides no support
for unofficial conduct.
Decision: motion to defer, granted.
- Motion for immunity denied.
The President is not immune
from suit. A trial in which he
is the defendant should be
postponed until he leaves
office.

Argued:
January 13,
1997
Decided:
May 27, 1997

No. 95-1853

June 26, 2003

02-102

115 L ed 2d
504

February 22,
2005

1-03-2992

380 US 51

51 S. Ct. 625

J. Stevens

State of
Minnesota
47. People
V.
Cayat
48. People
V.
Marti
49. Zulueta
V.
Court of
Appeals
50. Goesart
V.
Cleary
51. OSullivan
V.
Boerckel
52.
Employment
Division
V.
Smith
53. Webb
V.
De Leon
54. Osmena
V.
Comelec

193 SCRA 57

253 SCRA 699

355 US 404

June 7, 1999

494 US 872

247 SCRA 652

Petition for
prohibition, seeking
a re-examination of
the validity of R.A.

Omnibus Election Code Provisions.

Comelec Space- newspapers,
magazines, periodicals
Comelec Time Radio and TV.

March 31,
1998

288 SCRA 447

132231

J. Mendoza

55. Sec. of
Justice Perez
V.
Estrada

56. Keenan
V.
Superior court
of Los Angeles
County
57. Ayer Prod
Pty. Ltd
V.
J. Ignacio M.
Capulong

No. 6646, the

Electoral reforms
law of 1987 (which
prohibits mass
media from
selling/giving free of
charge print
space/airtime for
campaign/other
political purposes,
except to the
Comelec.
Request for Radio
and TV Coverage of
the trial in the
Sandiganbayan of
Plunder Cases of
President Joseph
Estrada

Petition: Dismissed

Freedom of the Media

Constitutional right of the people
to be informed
Petition: Denied

June 29, 2001

A.M. No. 01-403-SC

J. Vitug

82380

J. Feliciano

31 Cal. 3d 424

Filming of the
historic EDSA
revolution

Rights to privacy not an absolute

right; limited intrusion to a
persons privacy is permissible
where that person is a public figure
and the information sought to be
elicited from him or to be
published about him constitute
matters of public character.

April 29, 1988

58. People
V.
Rodrigueza

59. Kentucky
V.
Louisiana

Appeal of the
decision of the RTC
of Legazpi City of
the accusedappellant
Rodrigueza who was
found guilty beyond
reasonable doubt of
violating Dangerous
Drugs Act of 1972

Freedom of speech and expression

Decision: petition for certiorari are
granted due course. Writ of
preliminary injunction, set aside.
In flagrante delicto caught in the
act of committing.
Rights against unreasonable
search and seizure
Art III of the 1987 Constitution -Sec
12 (1)- any person under
investigation for the commission of
an offense shall have the right to
be informed of his right to remain
silent and to have a competent
and independent counsel of his
own choice.
Decision: reversed and set aside;
accused-appellant, acquitted

February 4,
1992

205 SCRA 791

95902

J. Regalado