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  • Oposa vs. Factoran Jr., G.R. No. 101083 (July 30, 1993)

    (NOTE: Do minors have the legal personality to file a suit ?) Facts A group of minor citizens, represented by their parents, along with the Philippine Ecological Network, Inc. (PENI), filed a taxpayers’ class suit against the then-Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The minors asserted that they represented their generation…

  • (GR No. 263341) People of the Philippines vs. Allan Acdang (2025) (CASE DIGEST)

    (EN BANC Decision) Facts On February 11, 2011, members of a joint PDEA-PNP team (“Team Omega”), during a planned operation to destroy marijuana plantations in Kibungan, Benguet, saw Allan Acdang and his brother Alfredo cleaning and uprooting weeds in a marijuana plantation. The team immediately arrested them for cultivating dangerous drugs, an act punishable under…

  • Rhoda P. Amor et al. v. Constant Packaging Corporation/William Chan and Virginia Chan (G.R. No. 259988, May 19, 2025) (CASE DIGEST)

    Facts Petitioners (Rhoda P. Amor et al.) were employed by Constant Packaging Corporation (Constant Packaging) as sorters, revisers, and packers on a pakyaw basis. Some petitioners aired grievances regarding working conditions, including concerns about below minimum wages, 12-hour work days, 7-day work weeks, and non-remittance of statutory contributions. Management prevented several employees from entering the…

  • HEIRS OF MARIO MALABANAN, PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. (G.R. No. 179987, April 29, 2009) (CASE DIGEST)

    Facts Mario Malabanan (succeeded by his heirs/petitioners) applied for judicial confirmation of title over a parcel of land in Silang, Cavite. Malabanan claimed he and his predecessors-in-interest had been in open, continuous, exclusive, and notorious possession for more than thirty (30) years. The earliest documented possession (via Tax Declarations) established by the petitioners dated back…

  • VIVIEN M. CADUNGOG v. SUNG HA JUNG
    G.R. No. 254543 (October 14, 2020) (CASE DIGEST)

    FACTSPetitioner Vivien M. Cadungog (developer/owner) and Respondent Sung Ha Jung (buyer) executed a Contract to Sell for a condominium unit priced at PHP 3,500,000.00. Jung paid PHP 3,241,050.00, leaving a balance of PHP 258,950.00. Cadungog refused to deliver the unit and title, citing the unpaid balance.Jung filed a criminal case against Cadungog before the Regional…

  • Golangco vs BDO UNIBANK (2025) (CASE DIGEST)

    GOLANGCO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION v. PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL BANK (now BANCO DE ORO UNIBANK, INC.)(G.R. No. 269981, April 2, 2025, Second Division) (CASE DIGEST) 1. FactsWilliam Golangco Construction Corporation (WGCC) and Philippine Commercial and International Bank (PCIB, now BDO Unibank, Inc.) entered into a contract for a construction project. A defect arose in the building’s…

  • Soliven v. Makasiar (G.R. No. 82585, November 14, 1988) (CASE DIGEST)

    Soliven v. Makasiar (G.R. No. 82585, November 14, 1988) Category Summary Facts Petitioners, who were Philippine journalists (including Maximo V. Soliven and Luis D. Beltran), were charged with libel for articles allegedly defaming the incumbent President Corazon C. Aquino. The President initiated the criminal proceedings by filing a complaint-affidavit. The presiding judge of the Regional…

  • Atong Paglaum, Inc. vs. Commission on Elections (G.R. No. 203766, April 2, 2013) (CASE DIGEST)

    Facts Fifty-four (54) party-list groups and organizations filed petitions challenging the Resolutions issued by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) which disqualified them from participating in the 13 May 2013 party-list elections, either by denying their petitions for registration or by canceling their existing registration and accreditation. The COMELEC, in reaching its decisions, relied on the…

  • Rommel Genio y Santos vs. People (G.R. No. 261666) (January 24, 2024) CASE DIGEST

    Case Summary: Rommel Genio y Santos vs. People (G.R. No. 261666) Facts Rommel Genio y Santos (Rommel) was charged with and convicted of Bigamy (Article 349 of the Revised Penal Code or RPC) for contracting a second marriage with Maricar Santos Galapon (Maricar) on September 7, 2013, while his first marriage to Magdalena Esler Genio…

  • Mohamed vs. Republic (G.R. No. 220674, December 2, 2021) (CASE DIGEST)

    (APPEARED ON THE 2024 POLI BAR EXAM) Mohamed vs. Republic (G.R. No. 220674, December 2, 2021) Facts Sefyan Abdelhakim Mohamed (Mohamed), a Sudanese national and convention refugee, sought Philippine naturalization. He filed his original Declaration of Intention (DOI) on June 2, 2006. On July 20, 2007, he filed a Supplemental DOI to incorporate his other…