PAMIL vs TELERON

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Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila

Perfecto Floresca vs Philex Mining Corporation

SC Cannot Legislate – Exception

Floresca et al are the heirs of the deceased employees of Philex Mining Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Philex), who, while working at its copper mines underground operations at Tuba, Benguet on June 28, 1967, died as a result of the cave-in that buried them in the tunnels of the mine.

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Juan Ponce Enrile vs Judge Salazar

Habeas Corpus – Right to Bail – Rebellion – SC Cannot Change Law

In February 1990, Sen Enrile was arrested. He was charged together with Mr. & Mrs. Panlilio, and Honasan for the crime of rebellion with murder and multiple frustrated murder which allegedly occurred during their failed coup attempt. Enrile was then brought to Camp Karingal. Enrile later filed for the habeas corpus alleging that the crime being charged against him is nonexistent.

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Endencia vs. David

Separation of Powers

Saturnino David, the then Collector of Internal Revenue, ordered the taxing of Justice Pastor Endencia’s and Justice Fernando Jugo’s salary pursuant to Sec 13 of RA 590 which provides that “SEC. 13.   No salary wherever received by any public officer of the Republic of the Philippines shall be considered as exempt from the income tax, payment of which is hereby declared not to be a diminution of his compensation fixed by the Constitution or by law.” According to the brief of the Solicitor General on behalf of appellant Collector of Internal Revenue, our decision in the case of Perfecto vs. Meer, supra, was not received favorably by Congress, because immediately after its promulgation, Congress enacted Republic Act No. 590. To bring home his point, the Solicitor General reproduces what he considers the pertinent discussion in the Lower House of House Bill No. 1127 which became Republic Act No. 590.

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Caltex vs. Palomar

Corpus Juris Secundum

In 1960, Caltex announced its “Caltex Hooded Pump Contest”. The aim thereof is to let participants estimate the actual number of liters a hooded gas pump at each Caltex station dispense during a specified period. In order to join, no fee or consideration is required to be paid, no purchase of Caltex products required to be made.

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Amelito Mutuc vs. COMELEC

Ejusdem Generis

Mutuc was a candidate for delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1970). His candidacy was given due course by the COMELEC but he was prohibited from playing his campaign jingle on his mobile units because this is an apparent violation  of COMELEC’s band “to purchase, produce, request or distribute sample ballots, or electoral propaganda gadgets such as pens, lighters, fans (of whatever nature), flashlights, athletic goods or materials, wallets, bandanas, shirts, hats, matches, cigarettes, and the like, whether of domestic or foreign origin.”  It was COMELEC’s contention that the jingle proposed to be used by petitioner is the recorded or taped voice of a singer and therefore a tangible propaganda material (falling under and the like’s category), under the above COMELEC statute subject to confiscation.

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AMELITO R. MUTUC vs COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS

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Ursua vs Court of Appeals

256 scra 149

Statutory Construction – Purpose of a Law

Petitioner Cesario Ursua was convicted for violation of Sec. 1 of CA No. 142, as amended by RA 6085 otherwise known as “An Act to Regulate the Use of Aliases” by the RTC of Davao City which was affirmed by the CA.

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