FACTS: Sometime in the 1960’s, RCAM allowed a number of individuals to occupy the Grace Park property on condition that they would vacate the premises should the former push through with the plan to construct a school in the area. The plan, however, did not materialize, thus, the occupants offered to purchase the portions they… Read More Manapat vs. CA G.R. No. 110478 October 15, 2007 Eminent Domain
FACTS: On September 20, 1996, the Republic of the Philippines represented by the Department of Health thru the National Children’s Hospital filed a complaint for Eminent Domain against SMI Development Corporation for the purpose of expropriating three (3) parcels of land with a total area of 1,158 sq. m. (the properties) belonging to said corporation… Read More SMI Development Corporation vs. Republic G.R. No. 137537. January 28, 2000 Eminent Domain
FACTS: After acquiring title, petitioners tried to take possession of the lot only to discover that it was already occupied by squatters. Thus a demolition order was issued. However, when the demolition order was about to be implemented, Cebu City Mayor Alvin Garcia wrote two letters] to the MTCC, requesting the deferment of the demolition… Read More Lagcao vs. Labra G.R. No. 155746 October 13, 2004 Eminent Domain
Jurisdiction over the GOCCs (2003) No VII – A corporation, a holder of a certificate of registration issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, is owned and controlled by the Republic of the Philippines. The Civil Service Commission (CSC), in a memorandum-order, directs the corporation to comply with Civil Service Rules in the appointment of… Read More Political Law Bar Questions & Suggested Answers by the UP Law Center (1990-2005)
FACTS: In this petition for certiorari and mandamus, petitioners, referring to themselves as “duals” or dual citizens, pray that they and others who retained or reacquired Philippine citizenship under RA 9225, the Citizenship Retention and Re‑Acquisition Act of 2003, be allowed to avail themselves of the mechanism provided under the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of… Read More NICOLAS-LEWIS vs. COMELEC G.R. No. 162759 August 4, 2006 Dual Citizenship Law
FACTS: Before the Court is a petition for prohibition and certiorari, with prayer for the issuance of a temporary restraining order and a writ of preliminary injunction, assailing Section 4(a) of Resolution No. 8678 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). They contend that the COMELEC gravely abused its discretion when it issued the assailed… Read More QUINTO and TOLENTINO, JR., vs. COMELEC G.R. No. 189698 December 1, 2009 Equal Protection Clause, Appointed Officials
FACTS: In this petition for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus with prayer for a restraining order and/or preliminary injunction, petitioners H. Harry L. Roque, Jr., et al., suing as taxpayers and concerned citizens, seek to nullify respondent Comelec’s award of the 2010 Elections Automation Project (automation project) to the joint venture of Total Information Management Corporation… Read More HARRY L. ROQUE, JR, et. al. vs COMELEC G.R. 188456 September 10, 2009 Poll Automation Law
FACTS: On July 28, 1991, the lifeless body of Edmundo Orizal was found in the rest house of Ronnie Balao. The victim was found to have sustained seven (7) gunshot wounds in the chest, abdomen, back, left and right thighs, and two (2) grazing wounds on the left arm and back. Investigation by the… Read More PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. ARMANDO GALLARDO y GANDER et. al. G.R. No. 113684 January 25, 2000 Independent and Competent Counsel
FACTS: Raising only questions of law, the People’s petition for review on certiorari assails the Decision of the CA which affirmed the Order of the RTC fixing bail for the temporary liberty of Luis Bucalon Plaza who was indicted for Murder. The defense contended that in view of Judge Buyser’s ruling that the prosecution… Read More People vs. Plaza G.R. No 176933 Oct. 2, 2009 Right to Bail
FACTS: Congressman Bonifacio H. Gillego executed a Complaint-Affidavit, claiming that petitioner Jose U. Ong, then Commissioner of the BIR, has amassed properties worth disproportionately more than his lawful income. Ong submitted an explanation and analysis of fund sourcing, reporting his net worth covering the calendar years 1989 to 1991 and showing his sources and uses… Read More Ong vs Sandiganbayan G.R. No. 126858 Sept. 16, 2005 Presumption of Innocence, Forfeiture Proceedings