JMM Production and Management v CA; G.R. No. 120095; 05 Aug 1996; 260 SCRA 319
FACTS: The government created the Entertainment Industry Advisory Council (EIAC) which was tasked with issuing guidelines on the training, testing certification and deployment of performing artists abroad. As a result of such guidelines, the Department of Labor issued department orders requiring an Artist Record Book for performing artists for deployment abroad. ISSUE(S): Whether or not the assailed department orders violated the equal protection guarantee of the constitution. HELD: NO. The equal protection clause is directed principally against undue favor or class privilege. It is not intended to prohibit legislation which is limited to the object to which it is directed…
Crespo v Provincial Board of Nueva Ecija; G.R. No. L-33237; 15 Apr 1988; 160 SCRA 66
FACTS: Petitioner Gregorio Crespo was the elected Municipal Mayor of Cabiao, Nueva Ecija in the local elections of 1967. An administrative complaint was filed against him by private respondent Pedro Wycoco for harassment, abuse of authority and oppression. Public respondent Provincial Board of Nueva Ecija heard the said administrative case without notifying the petitioner or his counsel and, on the basis of the evidence presented by private respondent, passed a resolution preventively suspending petitioner from his office as municipal mayor. ISSUE(S): Whether or not the preventive suspension issued by the Provincial Board is arbitrary and violated the fundamental principle of…
Nunez v Averia; G.R. No. L-38415; 28 Jun 1974; 57 SCRA 726
Terrace v Thompson; No. 29; 12 Nov 1923; 263 U.S. 197
Rubi v Provincial Board of Mindoro; G.R. No. 14078; 07 Mar 1919; 39 Phil 660
FACTS: Rubi and his companions, all Manguianes, were allegedly held on the reservation established at Tigbao against their will, and one Dabalos was allegedly held under the custody of the provincial sheriff for running away from the reservation. The action was taken in accordance with Section 2145 of the Administrative Code of 1917 which allows the governor to select or direct the inhabitants to take up their habitation on sites on unoccupied public lands. ISSUE(S): Whether or not petitioners’ rights were violated. HELD: NO. Petitioners are not unlawfully imprisoned or restrained of their liberty. Even liberty itself, the greatest of…
Villegas v Hiu Chiong; G.R. No. L-29646; 10 Nov 1978; 86 SCRA 270
FACTS: The Municipal Board of Manila passed an ordinace making it unlawful for any alien to be employed in any place of employment or to be engaged in any kind of trade, business or occupation within the City of Manila without securing an employment permit from the City Mayor who has discretion whether or not to grant said employment permit. ISSUE(S): Whether or not assailed ordinance violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the Constitution. HELD: YES. While it is true that the State is not obliged to admit aliens within its territory, once an alien is admitted,…
Smith Bell & Co. v Natividad; G.R. No. 15574; 17 Sep 1919; 40 Phil 1631
Ermita-Malate Hotel & Motel Operators Association v City of Manila; G.R. No. L-24693; 31 Jul 1967; 20 SCRA 849
FACTS: The City of Manila passed Ordinance No. 4760 imposing a P6,000 fee per annum for first class motels and P4,500 for second class motels; requiring the owner, manager, keeper or duly authorized representative to acquire the customers’ personal information. Moreover, the same ordinance subjects the premises and facilities of such establishments to inspection. ISSUE(S): Whether or not Ordinance No. 4760 violates the due process clause. HELD: NO. There is no controlling and precise definition of due process. It furnishes though a standard to which governmental action should conform in order that deprivation of life, liberty or property, in each…
Canonizado v Aguirre; GR No. 133132; 25 Jan 2000; 323 SCRA 312
FACTS: Dela Torres, Canonizado, Pureza and Adiong were appointed Commissioners of NAPOLCOM. They were appointed separately, in various years and their terms had not expired at the time the amendatory law to R.A. 6975 was passed. R.A. 8551 declared the terms of sitting commissioners as expired upon its effectivity. ISSUE(S): Whether or not petitioners were removed by virtue of a valid abolition. HELD: NO. Under R.A. 6975, the NAPOLCOM ws described a collegial body within the DILG whereas R.A. 8551 made it an agency attached to the department for policy and program coordination. This does not result in the creation…