Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2020
- G.R. No. 242577 RICO V. DOMINGO, PETITIONER, VS. RAMON GIL MACAPAGAL, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 225449 SPOUSES RENE LUIS GODINEZ AND SHEMAYNE GODINEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES ANDREW T. NORMAN AND JANET A. NORMAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 192327 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FLOR PUEYO ALIAS TITO FLONG, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 199975 LUIS T. ARRIOLA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 198241 MILAGROS MANOTOK DORMIDO, PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, ROSELLER DE LA PEÑA, ERNESTO ADOBO, JR., FELICITAS MANAHAN, AND ROSENDO MANAHAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 223103 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FLORENTINO LABUGUEN Y FRANCISCO ALIAS "TINONG," AND ROMEO ZUÑIGA[1] Y PILARTA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 214310 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS (DPWH), PETITIONER, VS. ESTATE OF JUAN MARIA POSADAS III, MARIA ELENA POSADAS, AND ESTELA MARFORI DE POSADAS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 236455 [ G.R. No. 236455. February 19, 2020 ]
- A.C. No. 12661 BENJAMIN M. KATIPUNAN, JR., PETITIONER, VS. ATTY. REBENE C. CARRERA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 225610 BURGUNDY REALTY CORPORATION, ROGELIO T. SERAFICA AND LUIS G. NAKPIL,[*] PETITIONERS, VS. MAA GENERAL ASSURANCE PHILS., INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 225100 EVERY NATION LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (ENLI) AND RALPH MARTIN LIGON, PETITIONERS, VS. MARIA MINELLIE DELA CRUZ, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 231859 GERARDO C. ROXAS, PETITIONER, VS. BALIWAG TRANSIT, INC. AND/OR JOSELITO S. TENGCO (OWNER), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 226863 HEIRS OF VALERIANO C. DELA CORTA, SR., NAMELY: PEDRO C. DELA CORTA, VALERIANO C. DELA CORTA, JR., ROBERTO C. DELA CORTA, TEMOTEO C. DELA CORTA, EMMA C. DELA CORTA, ANITA C. DELA CORTA, ADELAIDA D. OTERO, AND ALEJANDRA COSE DELA CORTA FOR HERSELF, ALL REPRESENTED BY PEDRO C. DELA CORTA, PETITIONERS, VS. REBECCA ALAG-PITOGO, REPRESENTED BY OSCAR PITOGO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 230322 JESSIE L. JOMADIAO AND WILMA F. PASTOR, PETITIONERS, VS. MANUEL L. ARBOLEDA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 216440 JIMMY S. GALLEGO, PETITIONER, VS. WALLEM MARITIME SERVICES, INC., REGINALDO A. OBEN AND/OR SCANDIC SHIP MANAGEMENT, LTD., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 234914 JORGE P. ROSALES, PETITIONER, VS. SINGA SHIP MANAGEMENT PHILS., INC., SINGA SHIP MGT. PTE. LTD., MS. NORMA L. DAVID, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 160090 JOSE DEL PILAR, EMELBA BALIWAG, RENATO BAUYON, LOIDA DOTONG, VICTORIANA EJE, NENITA LASIN, PADILLA REGONDOLA, MAURO RODRIGUEZ, AND MA. SALOME SANTOYO, PETITIONERS, VS. BATANGAS II ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (BATELEC II), RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 160121, February 19, 2020] BATANGAS II ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (BATELEC II), PETITIONER, VS. JOSE DEL PILAR, EMELBA BALIWAG, RENATO BAUYON, LOIDA DOTONG, VICTORIANA EJE, NENITA LASIN, EVELYN MENDOZA, ARTHUR MERCADO, PADILLA REGONDOLA, MAURO RODRIGUEZ, AND MA. SALOME SANTOYO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 221227 LOADSTAR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING, INC. AND TEODORO G. BERNARDINO, PETITIONERS, VS. PABLO P. ERISPE, JR., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 217431 PACIFIC OCEAN MANNING, INC. AND/OR INDUSTRIA ARMAMENTO MERIDIONALE AND/OR CAPT. AMADOR P. SERVILLON, PETITIONERS, VS. ROGER P. SOLACITO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 218915 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. HECTOR CORNISTA Y REOTUTAR @ TULAY, ALVIN LABRA Y CORNISTA @ BUNDOY OR @ MUNDOY, GARY BATHAN Y ALVERO, RICARDO BANAAY, JR. Y SINANGOTE @ TATANG OR @ BOY MARA, PEDRO SORIMA @ PETER TABAS, ARNEL CAÑEGA Y LAGUNSAD @ANI FONTILLAS, ELORDE BITANGOL @ ELOR, ROMEO RAYGA Y BANCO @ UNDO FONTILLAS @ EKONG, JOEL ATENTA DIONALDO @ ENTOY GAMBA OR ENTOY @ BARKLEY, ANDY QUINTANA, ISIDRO ARGUILLES INOSANTO JR. @ EDRANG OR @ BUDOY, FREEMAN BAGARES Y ROBENTA @ PRIMAN OR @ NEGRO OR BROSS, ALIAS LITO, ANTINIO BATUCAN Y ABANILLA @ TOYEK AND ALIAS TOTO, ACCUSED, HECTOR CORNISTA Y REOTUTAR AND ALVIN LABRA Y CORNISTA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 246193 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MA. FLORIZA FULGADO Y COLAS @ "THANE," ACCUSED-APPELLANT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 233463 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. XXX, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 231144 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN (SPECIAL SECOND DIVISION) AND LEONARDO B. ROMAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 211576 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS (DPWH), PETITIONER, VS. JULIANA SAN MIGUEL VDA. DE RAMOS, SPOUSES GREGORIA RAMOS AND ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ, VICTORINO DE LEON, JOSEFINA DE LEON, DIONISIO DE LEON, FELICITAS DE LEON, PATROCINIA DE LEON, SPS. ANA MARIA C. DE LEON AND JAIME DE GUZMAN, SPS. EUGENIA DE LEON AND OSCAR MAGALANG, AND SPS. CONDRADO DE LEON AND BENITA CORPUZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 224495 ROMEO TUMABINI, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 233460 TESSIE A. FERNANDEZ, PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, TWENTY-THIRD DIVISION, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, AND SALVIO F. ARGUELLES, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 247558 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALLAN QUIJANO Y SANDING, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 241865 TRIFON B. TUMAODOS, PETITIONER, VS. SAN MIGUEL YAMAMURA PACKAGINC CORPORATION, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
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- A.C. No. 7253 ATTY. PLARIDEL C. NAVA II, COMPLAINANT, VS ATTY. OFELIA M. D. ARTUZ,* RESPONDENT. [A.M. No. MTJ-08-1717 (FORMERLY OCA IPI NO. 07-1911-MTJ)] ATTY. PLARIDEL C. NAVA II, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE OFELIA M. D. ARTUZ, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, BRANCH 5, ILOILO CITY, ILOILO, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- A.C. No. 12627 LEILANI JACOLBIA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. JIMMY R. PANGANIBAN, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 12452 MICHAEL M. LAPITAN, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ELPIDIO S. SALGADO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 244413 & 244415-16 NURULLAJE SAYRE Y MALAMPAD @ "INOL", PETITIONER, VS. HON. DAX GONZAGA XENOS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF PANABO CITY, DAVAO DEL NORTE, BRANCH 34; HON. MENARDO I. GUEVARRA, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 242276 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RUBEN[*] CASTILLO Y DE VERA AND MARILYN CASTILLO Y BRUMELA, ACCUSED, RUBEN CASTILLO Y DE VERA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- A.M. No. 2019-17- RE: INVESTIGATION AND REPORT CONCERNING SAMUEL ANCHETA, JR., RECORDS OFFICER III, RECORDS CONTROL AND CASE MANAGEMENT DIVISION, OFFICE OF THE DIVISION CLERK OF COURT, THIRD DIVISION, SUPREME COURT, RELATIVE TO THE JULY 30, 2019 DECISION OF THE COURT EN BANC IN A.C. NO. 10461 (DR. VIRGILIO RODIL VS. ATTY. ANDREW C. CORRO, SAMUEL ANCHETA, JR., AND IMELDA POSADAS) D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 12209 RUBEN A. ANDAYA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. EMMANUEL ALADIN A. TUMANDA,[1] RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 226064 ANNA MAE B. MATEO, PETITIONER, VS. COCA-COLA BOTTLERS PHILS. INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 224521 BISHOP SHINJI AMARI OF ABIKO BAPTIST CHURCH, REPRESENTED BY SHINJI AMARI AND MISSIONARY BAPTIST INSTITUTE AND SEMINARY, REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR JOEL P. NEPOMUCENO, PETITIONERS, VS. RICARDO R. VILLAFLOR, JR., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 233301 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. CHEVRON HOLDINGS, INC., [FORMERLY CALTEX (ASIA) LIMITED], RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 236308-09 EFREN M. CANLAS, PETITIONER VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SANDIGANBAYAN (THIRD DIVISION), RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 243237 HEIRS OF CATALINA P. MENDOZA, PETITIONERS, VS. ES TRUCKING AND FORWARDERS, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 239979 MRS. CONSOLACION V. TIÑA, PETITIONER, VS. STA. CLARA ESTATE, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 217972 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. P/INSP. CLARENCE DONGAIL, SPO4 JIMMY FORTALEZA, AND SPO2 FREDDIE NATIVIDAD, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 247658 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. REYNALDO PIGAR Y AMBAYANAN @ "JERRY"* AND REYNALDO PIGAR Y CODILLA @ "LAWLAW," ACCUSED-APPELLANTS, ROY PIGAR Y AMBAYANAN @ "BIROY," BUENAVENTURA PIGAR Y AMBAYANAN @ "MOKMOK" (DECEASED), WELFREDO PIGAR Y CODILLA @ "DAKO," VICTOR COLASITO @ "NONOY," JORLY COLASITO, WARAY COLASITO, JOEBERT COLASITO @ "GIMONG," DODO COLASITO @ "REX," AND TWO JOHN DOES,ACCUSED. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 220902 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SAN LORENZO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (SLDC), RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 238436 ROEL C. CASILAC, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 205194 ATTY. FELINO M. GANAL, MANUEL G. ABAN AND AIDA ABAN, MILAGROS ABAN-JALOP, THE HEIRS OF ANDRES G. ABAN, JR., NAMELY: CONSUELO B. ABAN, CHERRY B. ABAN, BRENDA B. ABAN, YURI B. ABAN, ANDRES B. ABAN III, JOSEPH KEN B. ABAN AND JOSETTE G. ABAN, AND THE HEIRS OF ANITA ABAN-ALMAZORA, NAMELY: DANE A. ALMAZORA, YOLANDA A. JAMISOLA, JOSELITO A. ALMAZORA AND GERARDO A. ALMAZORA, ALL REPRESENTED BY THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT MANUEL G. ABAN, PETITIONERS, VS. ANDRES ALPUERTO, RICO ROQUITTE, ROSALINDA GABALLO AND LEONILA PALALA, AS OFFICERS OF BAYANIHAN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WHO FILED CIVIL CASE NO. 3747 AS A CLASS SUIT ON THEIR BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ALL THEIR CO-OCCUPANTS OF THE SUBJECT LAND WHO ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- A.C. No. 9197 DAMASO STA. MARIA, JUANITO TAPANG AND LIBERATO OMANIA, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. RICARDO ATAYDE, JR. RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 217151 DRS. REYNALDO ANG AND SUSAN CUCIO-ANG, PETITIONERS, VS. ROSITA DE VENECIA, ANGEL MARGARITO D. CARAMAT, JR., EMMA TRINIDAD CARAMAT, JOSE MARI B. SOTO, JEN LEE G. VILVAR,[1] AND THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE OF THE CITY OF MAKATI, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 219059 GAUDIOSO ISO, JR. AND JOEL TOLENTINO PETITIONERS, VS. SALCON POWER CORPORATION (NOW SPC POWER CORPORATION) AND DENNIS VILLAREAL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N