Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2009
- G.R. No. 151952 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. HERACLEO ABELLO Y FORTADA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.
- G.R. No. 168654 ZAYBER JOHN B. PROTACIO, PETITIONER, VS. LAYA MANANGHAYA & CO. AND/OR MARIO T. MANANGHAYA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 167614 ANTONIO M. SERRANO, PETITIONER, VS. GALLANT MARITIME SERVICES, INC. AND MARLOW NAVIGATION CO., INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 123650 WESTMONT BANK (FORMERLY ASSOCIATED CITIZENS BANK AND NOW UNITED OVERSEAS BANK, PHILS.) AND THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF RIZAL, PETITIONERS, VS. INLAND CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 123822] WESTMONT BANK (FORMERLY ASSOCIATED CITIZENS BANK AND NOW UNITED OVERSEAS BANK, PHILS.), PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND INLAND CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 163344 [ G.R. No. 163344. March 20, 2009 ]
- G.R. No. 165494 ANGELITA, REYNALDO, NARCISO, CECILIA, FEDERIO AND LEONIDA ALL SURNAMED LEVARDO AND NORMA PONTANOS VDA. DE LEVARDO, FOR HERSELF AND AS PROPOSED GUARDIAN AD LITEM OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER ELENA P. LEVARDO, PETITIONERS, VS. TOMAS B. YATCO AND GONZALO PUYAT AND SONS, INC., REPRESENTED BY JOSE G. PUYAT, JR., PRESIDENT, AS PRINCIPAL DEFENDANTS AND DR. RUBEN B. YATCO, AS NECESSARY DEFENDANT. RESPONDENTS. HERNANDO LEVARDO, PETITIONER, VS. LEONCIO YATCO AND GONZALO PUYAT AND SONS, INC., REPRESENTED BY JOSE G. PUYAT, JR., AND GAUDENCIO BAUTISTA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 164875 BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PETITIONER, VS. LA SUERTE TRADING & INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, AS REPRESENTED BY EDWARD O. JOSON, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 166794-96 CESAR P. GUY, PETITIONER, VS. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NOS. 166880-82] FELIX T. RIPALDA, CONCEPCION C. ESPERAS, EDUARDO VILLAMOR, AND ERVIN C. MARTINEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NOS. 167088-90] NARCISA A. GREFIEL, PETITIONER, VS. THE HON. SANDIGANBAYAN AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 150334 DOLLY A. OCAMPO, MARIO S. VERONA, ISAGANI O. DAWAL, JOSE ARCADIO R. RELOVA, ARISTOPHANE PALENCIA AND ARMANDO HERNANDEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS (FORMER SECOND DIVISION), HON. BENEDICTO ERNESTO R. BITONIO, HON. MAXIMO B. LIM, EDGARDO C. OREDINA, AND PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., RESPONDENTS.
- G.R. No. 167702 LOURDES L. ERISTINGCOL, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND RANDOLPH C. LIMJOCO, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 175829 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. DOLORICO GUILLERA Y ALGORDO AND GARY GUILLERA Y ALGORDO, APPELLANTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 181246 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. REMEIAS BEGINO Y GRAJO, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 160596 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER, VS. IGNACIO BAJAO, RESPONDENT.** D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 167409 RODOLFO B. GARCIA, RETIRED MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT JUDGE, CALATRAVA-TOBOSO, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, PETITIONER, VS. PRIMO C. MIRO, OMBUDSMAN-VISAYAS, CEBU CITY; DANIEL VILLAFLOR, PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR, BACOLOD CITY; HON. FRANKLIN M. COBBOL, ACTING PRESIDING JUDGE, MCTC, CALATRAVA-TOBOSO, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL; AND JULIETA F. ORTEGA, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 180587 SIMEON CABANG, VIRGINIA CABANG AND VENANCIO CABANG ALIAS "DONDON", PETITIONERS, VS. MR. & MRS. GUILLERMO BASAY, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 178672 JULIO MERCADO, PETITIONER, VS. EDMUNDO MERCADO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 179999 ANSON TRADE CENTER, INC., ANSON EMPORIUM CORPORATION AND TEDDY KENG SE CHEN, PETITIONERS, VS. PACIFIC BANKING CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS LIQUIDATOR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINE DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 171656 ERLINDA K. ILUSORIO, PETITIONER, VS. SYLVIA ILUSORIO-YAP, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 173017 FELIMON BIGORNIA, SPO3 BORROMEO GORRES, ADELIANO RICO, SPO3 JOVENTINO BIGORNIA, SPO3 ALMANZOR JANGAO, SPO2 MESTERIOSO ARANCO, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS (23RD DIVISION), AND MELCHOR AROMA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 171378 GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), PETITIONER, VS. MARIA TERESA S.A. CORDERO, RESPONDENT. G.R. NO. 171388 EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, PETITIONER, VS. MARIA TERESA S.A. CORDERO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 179516 HON. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, AND THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS OF THE PORT OF SUBIC, PETITIONERS, VS. NORTHEAST FREIGHT FORWARDERS, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 184082 NICASIO BOLOS, JR., PETITIONER, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND REY ANGELES CINCONIEGUE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 174813-15 NILO HIPOS, SR. REPRESENTING DARRYL HIPOS, BENJAMIN CORSIÑO REPRESENTING JAYCEE CORSIÑO, AND ERLINDA VILLARUEL REPRESENTING ARTHUR VILLARUEL, PETITIONERS, VS. HONORABLE RTC JUDGE TEODORO A. BAY, PRESIDING JUDGE, RTC, HALL OF JUSTICE, QUEZON CITY, BRANCH 86, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 170689 PANTRANCO EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (PEA-PTGWO) AND PANTRANCO RETRENCHED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (PANREA), PETITIONERS, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (NLRC), PANTRANCO NORTH EXPRESS, INC. (PNEI), PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK (PNB), PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK-MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (PNB-MADECOR), AND MEGA PRIME REALTY AND HOLDINGS CORPORATION (MEGA PRIME), RESPONDENTS. G.R. NO. 170705 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, PETITIONER, VS. PANTRANCO EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC. (PEA-PTGWO), PANTRANCO RETRENCHED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (PANREA) AND PANTRANCO ASSOCIATION OF CONCERNED EMPLOYEES (PACE), ET AL., PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK-MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (PNB-MADECOR), AND MEGA PRIME REALTY HOLDINGS, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 171085 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. RODOLFO "RUDY" SORIANO, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 178300 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DOMINGO REYES Y PAJE, ALVIN ARNALDO Y AVENA AND JOSELITO FLORES Y VICTORIO, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 173471 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ERNESTO MALIBIRAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 181494 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MONALYN CERVANTES Y SOLAR, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 177121 JP LATEX TECHNOLOGY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. BALLONS GRANGER BALLOONS, INC. AND CHRISTOS SANTORINEOS, THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF OF BIÑAN, LAGUNA, TATSUYA OGINO AND KATSUMI WATANABE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 161387 [ G.R. No. 161387. March 13, 2009 ]
- G.R. No. 175422 ALLIED BANKING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. THE LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 178259 ARTURO F. PACIFICADOR AND JOVITO C. PLAMERAS, JR., PETITIONERS VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (FIRST DIVISION) COMPRISED OF HON. COMMISSIONERS RESURRECION BORRA AND ROMEO A. BRAWNER, THE NEW SPECIAL PROVINCIAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF THE PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE COMPRISED OF ATTY. DAISY DACUDAO-REAL, ATTY. JESSIE SUAREZ AND ATTY. MAVIL V. MAJARUCON, AND SALVACION Z. PEREZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 6943 ATTY. GODOFREDO C. MANIPUD, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. FELICIANO M. BAUTISTA, D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 5691 AVITO YU, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. CESAR R. TAJANLANGIT, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 182559 COMMISSION ON AUDIT, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, GUILLERMO CARAGUE, PETITIONER, VS. LINK WORTH INTERNATIONAL, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 177516 CONRADO QUESADA, ANGELITA QUESADA EJERCITO, HECTOR A. QUESADA, AUGUST QUESADA, ENGRACIA A. QUESADA, AND GAVINA ASUNCION, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HEIRS OF ILDEFONSO DEREQUITO AND AGUSTIN D. DEREQUITO, REPRESENTED BY EUGENIO DEREQUITO AND FOR HIMSELF, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 171056 DINAH C. CASTILLO, PETITIONER, VS. ANTONIO M. ESCUTIN, AQUILINA A. MISTAS, MARIETTA L. LINATOC, AND THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 148213-17 DUARDO E. KAPUNAN, JR., PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FELICIANA OLALIA, EROLINA ALAY-AY, AND THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH 71, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF ANTIPOLO CITY, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 148243] OSCAR E. LEGASPI, PETITIONER, VS. SERAFIN R. CUEVAS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FELICIANA C. OLALIA, PEROLINA ALAY-AY AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 180492 ELPIDIO B. VALINO, PETITIONER, VS. ALVIN P. VERGARA, TOMAS N. JOSON III, RAUL P. MENDOZA, ATTY. HAROLD A. RAMOS, ET AL.,* RESPONDENTS. RESOLUTION
- G.R. No. 177059 FE LA ROSA, OFELIA VELEZ, CELY DOMINGO, JONA NATIVIDAD AND EDGAR DE LEON, PETITIONERS, VS. AMBASSADOR HOTEL, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 180122 FELICISIMO F. LAZARTE, JR., PETITIONER, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN (FIRST DIVISION) AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 150206 HEIRS OF TEOFILO GABATAN, NAMELY: LOLITA GABATAN, POMPEYO GABATAN, PEREGRINO GABATAN, REYNALDO GABATAN, NILA GABATAN AND JESUS JABINIS, RIORITA GABATAN TUMALA AND FREIRA GABATAN, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND LOURDES EVERO PACANA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 171618-19 JACKBILT INDUSTRIES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. JACKBILT EMPLOYEES WORKERS UNION-NAFLU-KMU, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 170264 JAMES ESTRELLER, EDUARDO CULIANAN, GREG CARROS, RAQUEL YEE, JOSELITO PENILLA, LORNA DOTE, CRESENCIANA CLEOPAS, TRINIDAD TEVES, SONIA PENILLA, ANITA GOMINTONG, CHING DIONESIO, MARIBEL MANALO, DESIRES HUERTO, AND RAYMUNDO CORTES, PETITIONERS, VS. LUIS MIGUEL YSMAEL AND CRISTETA L. SANTOS-ALVAREZ, RESPONDENTS.* D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 154623 JIMMY T. GO, PETITIONER, VS. THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, ILDEFONSO M. VILLANUEVA, JR., AND SHERIFF DIOSCORO F. CAPONPON, JR. AND MULTI-LUCK CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 168453 LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HERNANDO T. CHICO AND LORNA CHICO, IN HER CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 181384 MACAPANTON B. BATUGAN, PETITIONER, VS. HON. RASAD G. BALINDONG, AS ACTING PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE SHARI'A DISTRICT COURT, FOURTH SHARI'A JUDICIAL DISTRICT, MARAWI CITY, BAULAN B. CANACAN, HEIRS OF RANGCALBE B. MAGARANG, REPRESENTED BY PALAWAN BATUGAN, AND HEIRS OF GUIBONSALAM B. ACRAMAN, REPRESENTED BY FARMIDAH A. MACABANDO AND TOMINORAY BATUGAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 150388 NATIONAL INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES FRANCISCO AND BASILISA BAUTISTA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 177211 OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER, VS. RICARDO EVANGELISTA, CONCEPCION MELICAN, GRACE LIMOS AND THE HON. COURT OF APPELAS (SIXTEENTH DIVISION) RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 182517 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. MANUEL BRIOSO Y TANDA, APPELLANT. DECISION