Year: 2024

Title: People vs. Moreno, G.R. No. 138928 Facts: On the early morning of January 8, 1999, Marites Felix, an employee of Burger Machine, was attacked by Rogelio Moreno while she was walking past an ABC Commercial Complex in Makati City at around 12:45 A.M. Moreno, whom Felix recognized from his frequent presence at her Burger…

**Title:** ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation vs. Court of Appeals, Republic Broadcasting Corp., VIVA Productions, Inc., and Vicente Del Rosario **Facts:** In 1990, ABS-CBN and VIVA executed a Film Exhibition Agreement granting ABS-CBN exclusive rights to exhibit certain VIVA films. This agreement included a right of first refusal for the next twenty-four (24) VIVA films. In December…

**Title:** The People of the Philippines vs. Moro Isnain **Facts:** On the morning of March 7, 1947, Urbano Cruz, the manager (encargado) of Arturo Eustaquio’s coconut grove in Latuan and Balagtasan, Zamboanga City, received a report from Lazaro Viernes, a guard, that three individuals were stealing coconuts from the plantation. Cruz, accompanied by truck driver…

**Title:** Cresencio Arrieta v. Melania T. Arrieta, G.R. No. 843 Phil. 488 (2016) **Facts:** Cresencio Arrieta (Cris) and Melania T. Arrieta (Melania) were married in a civil ceremony in August 1973 and later a church ceremony in January 1974. In November 1991, Melania left for the United States alleging irreconcilable differences. In 1992, she obtained…

### Title: **Remelita M. Robinson vs. Celita B. Miralles** ### Facts: **Step-by-step Facts:** 1. **Initial Borrowing:** On January 12, 2000, Remelita Robinson (petitioner) borrowed US$20,054.00 from Celita Miralles (respondent) and they executed a Memorandum of Agreement to this effect. 2. **Complaint Filed:** On August 25, 2000, Miralles filed a complaint for the recovery of the…

### Title **Prudential Bank (Now Bank of the Philippine Islands) vs. Amador A. Magdamit, Jr., et al., G.R. No. 183350** ### Facts This is a case of unlawful detainer initiated by Prudential Bank, now Bank of the Philippine Islands (“petitioner”), as the administrator of the Estate of Juliana Diez Vda. de Gabriel, against Amador A.…

**Title:** Erlinda R. Velayo-Fong vs. Spouses Raymond and Maria Hedy Velayo **Facts:** The case involves a complaint filed by the spouses Raymond and Maria Hedy Velayo (respondents) against Erlinda R. Velayo-Fong (petitioner), Rodolfo R. Velayo, Jr., and Roberto R. Velayo. The respondents allege that the petitioner and her co-defendants falsely accused Raymond of estafa and…

**Title:** People of the Philippines vs. Francisco Juan Larrañaga, et al. (The Chiong Case) **Facts:** On July 16, 1997, sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong went missing from Cebu City, Philippines. Allegedly, the sisters were abducted in a van at Ayala Center. Various events followed their abduction, including Marijoy’s pushed into a deep ravine with her…

**Title:** People of the Philippines and Vilma Campos vs. Louel Uy, Teofilo Panangin, et al. **Facts:** On March 23, 2001, Rabel Campos was found dead with multiple stab wounds along the National Highway in Maputi, Naawan, Misamis Oriental. Teofilo Panangin was arrested on January 22, 2002, and during an NBI investigation on January 23, 2002,…

### Title: Cristinelli S. Fermin v. People of the Philippines, G.R. No. 155948 ### Facts: On a complaint filed by spouses Annabelle Rama Gutierrez and Eduardo (Eddie) Gutierrez, two criminal informations for libel were brought against Cristinelli S. Fermin (publisher) and Bogs C. Tugas (Editor-in-Chief) of the Gossip Tabloid. The informations alleged that an article…