Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2008
- G.R. No. 168402 ABOITIZ SHIPPING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 172029 ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LINES, INC., IN ITS OWN BEHALF AND IN REPRESENTATION OF ITS MEMBERS: AMERICAN TRANSPORT LINES, INC., AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LINE, FLEET TRANS INTERNATIONAL AND UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO., DONGNAMA SHIPPING CO., HANJIN SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD., HAPAG-LLOYD A/G, KNUTSEN LINE, KYOWA LINE, NEPTUNE ORIENT LINE, ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE, P & O CONTAINERS, LTD., P & O SWIRE CONTAINERS AND WILH WILHELMSEN LINE A/S, REGIONAL CONTAINERS LINES (PTE), LTD., SENATOR LINE BREMEN GERMANY, TOKYO SENPAKU KAISHA, LTD., UNIGLORY LINE, WAN HAI LINES, LTD., WESTWIND LINE, ZIM ISRAEL NAVIGATION CO., LTD., COMPANIA SUD AMERICANA DE VAPORES S.A., DEUTSCHE SEEREEDEREI ROSTOCK (DSR) GERMANY AND ARIMURA SANGYO COMPANY, LTD., PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE), LTD., COMPAGNIE MARITIME D' AFFRETEMENT (CMA), YANGMING MARINE TRANSPORT CORP., NIPON YUSEN KAISHA, HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD., MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD, BOLT ORIENT LINE, MITSUI O.S.K. LINES, LTD., PHILS. MICRONESIA &ORIENT NAVIGATION CO. (PMSO LINE), LLOYD TRIESTINO DI NAVIGAZIONE S.P.A.N., HEUNG-A SHIPPING COMPANY, KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHAARIMURA SANGYO COMPANY, LTD., AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD., MAERSK FILIPINAS, INC., EASTERN SHIPPING LINES, INC., NEDLLOYD LINES, INC., PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT LINES, LTD., SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., MADRIGAL-WAN HAI LINES, PETITIONERS, VS. UNITED HARBOR PILOTS' ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 147597 CLARISSA U. MATA, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE FIRM NAME BESSANG PASS SECURITY AGENCY, PETITIONER, VS. ALEXANDER M. AGRAVANTE, EDDIE E. SANTILLAN, PATRICIO A. ARMODIA, ALEJANDRO A. ALMADEN AND HERMENEGILDO G. SALDO, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 166405 CLAUDE P. BAUTISTA, PETITIONER, VS. AUTO PLUS TRADERS, INCORPORATED AND COURT OF APPEALS (TWENTY-FIRST DIVISION), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 129036 COL. ARTURO C. FERRER (RET.), PETITIONER, VS. HON. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, ROMEO G. DAVID, FORMER ADMINISTRATOR, JOEMARI D. GEROCHI, ADMINISTRATOR, NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY (NFA), FRANCISCO G. CORDOBA, JR., CHAIRMAN, PBAC, MARCELINO B. AGANA IV, EVANGELINE V. ANAGO, BENJAMIN D. JAVIER, AND CELIA Z. TAN, MEMBERS, PBAC, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 164648 ERIC L. LEE, PETITIONER, VS. HON. HENRY J. TROCINO, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL REGION, BRANCH 62, BAGO CITY, THE OFFICE OF THE EX OFFICIO SHERIFF OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL REGION, BRANCH 62, BAGO CITY, AND MAGDALENO M. PEÑA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 173956 FRISCO F. SAN JUAN, PETITIONER, VS. THE SANDIGANBAYAN AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 167403 MAKATI INSURANCE CO., INC., PETITIONER, VS. HON. WILFREDO D. REYES, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, BRANCH 36, RUBILLS INTERNATIONAL, INC., TONG WOON SHIPPING PTE LTD, AND ASIAN TERMINALS, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 175109 PARAMOUNT INSURANCE CORP.,PETITIONER, VS. A.C. ORDOÑEZ CORPORATION AND FRANKLIN SUSPINE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 172115 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. JESUS BALIGOD Y PINEDA,APPELLANT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 181245 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. JIMMY ANG @ ANG TIAO LAM AND HUNG CHAO NAN, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 181467 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. AMBROSIO GOLEAS Y LIMUEL A.K.A. "CLEO" AND ALVIN LACABA Y LIMUEL, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 178196 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RUDY BUDUHAN Y BULLAN AND ROBERT BUDUHAN Y BULLAN, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
- G.R. No. 155450 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REPRESENTED BY THE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, REGIONAL OFFICE NO. 2, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, HEIRS OF ANTONIO CARAG AND VICTORIA TURINGAN, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF CAGAYAN, AND THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CAGAYAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 165114 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. MABELLE RAVELO AND SPOUSES EMMANUEL AND PERLITA REDONDO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 150470 SPOUSES FELIPE AND VICTORIA LAYOS, PETITIONERS, VS. FIL-ESTATE GOLF AND DEVELOPMENT, INC., LA PAZ HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE SPOUSES MARINA AND GENEROSO OTIC, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 151016 SPOUSES SOFRONIO SANTOS AND NATIVIDAD SANTOS, FROILAN SANTOS, CECILIA M. MACASPAC, AND R TRANSPORT CORPORATION, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF DOMINGA LUSTRE, NAMELY TARCISIO MANIQUIZ, TERESITA BURGOS, FLORITA M. REYES AND LERMIE MANIQUIZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 154155 THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER, VS. BEN C. JURADO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 167899 WILLIE ONG, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE EXCEL FITNESS CENTER, PETITIONER, VS. LUCIA N. BASCO (AND HUSBAND ANTONIO BASCO, AS NOMINAL PARTY), RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 159323 COCA-COLA BOTTLERS (PHILS.), INC. AND ERIC MONTINOLA, PETITIONERS, VS. SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION AND DR. DEAN CLIMACO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 180425 FELIX RAIT, PETITIONER, VS. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. Nos. 151983-84 JOSE MAX S. ORTIZ, PETITIONER, VS. SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 169008 LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES PETITIONER, VS. RAYMUNDA MARTINEZ, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 161881 NICASIO I. ALCANTARA, PETITIONER, VS. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, DENR SECRETARY ELISEA G. GOZUN, REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MUSA C. SARUANG, DENR CENRO ANDREW B. PATRICIO, AND ROLANDO PAGLANGAN, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. >HEIRS OF DATU ABDUL B. PENDATUN, REPRESENTED BY DATU NASSER B. PENDATUN, AL HAJ, HEIRS OF SABAL MULA AND GAWAN CLAN, REPRESENTED BY TRIBAL CHIEF-TAIN LORETO GAWAN, RESPONDENTS- INTERVENORS, D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 159494 ROGELIO, GEORGE, LOLITA, ROSALINDA, AND JOSEPHINE, ALL SURNAMED PASIÑO, REPRESENTED BY THEIR FATHER AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT JOSE PASIÑO PETITIONERS, VS. DR. TEOFILO EDUARDO F. MONTERROYO, SUBSTITUTED BY ROMUALDO MONTERROYO, MARIA TERESA MONTERROYO, AND STEPHEN MONTERROYO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 158144 ST. MARY'S FARM, INC., PETITIONER, VS. PRIMA REAL PROPERTIES, INC., RODOLFO A. AGANA, JR., AND THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF LAS PIÑAS, METRO MANILA RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 156310 XERXES A. ABA DIAN O, PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES JESUS AND LOLITA MARTIR, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 171435 ANTHONY T. REYES, PETITIONER, VS. PEARLBANK SECURITIES, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 160859 BAY HAVEN, INC., JOHNNY T. CO, AND VIVIAN TE-FERNANDEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. FLORENTINO ABUAN, JOSELITO RAZON, JERRY ASENSE, HERCULES RICAFUENTE, MARIO GURAY, ROLANDO NAELGA, JUAN VILLARUZ, MARIO SANTIAGO, ROGELIO MOCORRO, CALPITO MENDOLES, RENE CORALES, FRANCISCO ABENTAJADO, BONNIE ESPAÑOLA, ERNESTO DE JESUS AND RODRIGO RUZGAL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 174134 FIRST PLANTERS PAWNSHOP, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 166886 MATTEL, INC. PETITIONER, VS. EMMA FRANCISCO, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE, HON. ESTRELLITA B. ABELARDO, DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF LEGAL AFFAIRS (IPO), AND JIMMY UY, RESPONDENTS.** D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 176995 PABLO D. ACAYLAR, JR., PETITIONER, VS. DANILO G. HARAYO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 172146 RODOLFO CORNES, VIRGILIO CORNES, ENRIQUITO CORNES, ALFREDO CORNES, ELESEO CORNES, BENITO CORNES, CONSUELO "NITA" CORNES-VALENZUELA, MA. ALBERTA CORNES AND HER CHILDREN CHERILYN, JONALYN, DIANALYN, MARIE-JOY, ERNESTO, JR., JERSON AND ERIKA, ALL SURNAMED CORNES, (ERNESTO, JR., JERSON AND ERIKA, BEING MINORS, ARE REPRESENTED HEREIN BY THEIR MOTHER AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM, MA. ALBERTA CORNES), DONATO ROBLES, EDUARDO ROBLES, MARIA ROBLES AND HER CHILDREN DONATO, EDUARDO, RIZALINO, EDWIN, VICENTE, JESSIE, ANICETO, JERRY, ALL SURNAMED ROBLES, AND MARITES ROBLES-FABIAN, CRISANTO, RANDY, MAUREEN, DINIA, JOANA, NOVA, FRANCISCO, JR., AND BEATRIZ, ALL SURNAMED GADIANO, (BEATRIZ, BEING A MINOR IS REPRESENTED HEREIN BY HER SAID SIBLINGS AND GUARDIANS AD LITEM), PETITIONERS, VS. LEAL REALTY CENTRUM CO., INC., LEAL HAVEN, INC., ERNESTO M. LEGASPI, AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING RIGHTS UNDER THEM, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 161220 SPOUSES GORGONIO BENATIRO AND COLUMBA CUYOS-BENATIRO SUBSTITUTED BY THEIR HEIRS, NAMELY: ISABELITA, RENATO, ROSADELIA AND GORGONIO, JR., SURNAMED BENATIRO, AND SPOUSES RENATO C. BENATIRO AND ROSIE M. BENATIRO, RESPONDENTS, VS. HEIRS OF EVARISTO CUYOS, NAMELY: GLORIA CUYOS-TALIAN, PATROCENIA CUYOS-MIJARES, NUMERIANO CUYOS, AND ENRIQUE CUYOS, REPRESENTED BY THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, SALUD CUYOS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 172895 UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES PETITIONER, VS. ASB DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- A.M. No. 04-10-296- [ A.M. No. 04-10-296-MTCC. July 28, 2008 ]
- G.R. No. 159578 [ G.R. No. 159578. July 28, 2008 ]
- G.R. No. 147633 ALDEGUER & CO., INC./LOALDE BOUTIQUE, PETITIONER, VS. HONEYLINE TOMBOC, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 165952 ANECO REALTY AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. LANDEX DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 174698 AURORA TAMAYO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND HEIRS OF PEDRO SOTTO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 161196 BLUE ANGEL MANPOWER AND SECURITY SERVICES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, ROMEL CASTILLO, WILSON CIRIACO, GARY GARCES, AND CHESTERFIELD MERCADER, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 178366 DOMINADOR A. MOCORRO, JR., PETITIONER, VS. RODITO RAMIREZ, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 168252 EUGENIO MABAGOS, PETITIONER, VS. ORLANDO MANINGAS, HERMAN MANINGAS AND EDWIN MANINGAS REPRESENTED BY MARIANO SERRANO AS THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 173430 GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, PETITIONER, VS. FELOMINO S. CASCO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 173354 HEIRS OF FORTUNATA MUYALDE, NAMELY, ARTURO, TRINIDAD, FELICIDAD AND DOROTEA, ALL SURNAMED MUYALDE, PETITIONERS, VS. BONIFACIO REYES, JR., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 176448 JOSE S. DAILISAN, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND THE HRS. OF THE "LATE" FEDERICO PUGAO, NAMELY: FLORENTINA PUGAO, FLORIDA PUGAO-UBALDO, FE PUGAO-VILLANUEVA, FERNANDO PUGAO AND LUDOVICO PUGAO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 154450 JOSEPH L. SY, NELSON GOLPEO AND JOHN TAN, PETITIONERS, VS. NICOLAS CAPISTRANO, JR., SUBSTITUTED BY JOSEFA B. CAPISTRANO, REMEDIOS TERESITA B. CAPISTRANO AND MARIO GREGORIO B. CAPISTRANO; NENITA F. SCOTT; SPS.JUANITO JAMILAR AND JOSEFINA JAMILAR; SPS. MARIANO GILTURA AND ADELA GILTURA, RESPONDENTS. RESOLUTION
- G.R. No. 146091 MARIA PAZ V. NEPOMUCENO, JOINED BY HER HUSBAND, FERMIN A. NEPOMUCENO, PETITIONERS, VS. CITY OF SURIGAO AND SALVADOR SERING IN HIS CAPACITY AS CITY MAYOR OF SURIGAO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 162837 MARLENE L. RODRIN, PETITIONER, VS. GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, AND PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION,* RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 5033 MARY JANE D. VELASCO, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. CHARLIE DOROIN AND ATTY. HECTOR CENTENO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N