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Gesmundo v. Guinto
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First Division]. 48 Reflections of C.J. Gesmundo, p. 4. 49 Id. 50 Id. 51 See United States of America v. Guinto, 261 Phil. 777, 791 (1990) [ Per J. Cruz, En Banc]. 52 Reflections of C.J. Gesmundo, p. 4. 53 United States of America v. Guinto, 261 Phil. 777, 791 (1990) [Per J. Cruz, En Banc]. 54 445…
First Division]. 48 Reflections of C.J. Gesmundo, p. 4.
49 Id. 50 Id. 51 See United States of America v. Guinto, 261 Phil. 777, 791 (1990) [ Per J. Cruz, En Banc].
52 Reflections of C.J. Gesmundo, p. 4. 53 United States of America v. Guinto, 261 Phil. 777, 791 (1990) [Per J. Cruz, En Banc].
54 445 Phil. 250 (2003) [Per J. Vitug, First Division]. 55 Id. at 268-272.
Emphasis supplied; emphasis in the original. 56 J. Puno, Concurring Opinion in Liang v. People, 407 Phil. 414, 423-424 (2001) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division]. 57 Id.
58 Reflections of C.J. Gesmundo, p. 4. 59 International Catholic Migration Commission v. Calleja, 268 Phil. 134, 153 (1990) [Per J. Melencio Hererra, First Division].
60 407 Phil. 414 (2001) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division].. 61 J. Puno, Concurring Opinion in Liang v. People , 407 Phil. 414, 430-431 (2001) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division]. Emphasis in the original.
62 Id. at 436. 63 See Weinstock v. Asian Development Bank, 2005 U.S. Dist.
LEXIS 16870. 64 SAJ Leonen, Separate Concurring Opinion, p. 5.
65 J. Puno, Concurring Opinion in Liang v. People, 407 Phil. 414, 442 (2001) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division]. 66 Id. at 442.
67 308 Phil. 547 (1994) [Per J. Quiason, En Banc]. 68 311 Phil. 795 (I995) [Per J. Quiason, F:rst Division]. 69 330 Phil. 573 (1996) [Per J. Vitug, First Division].
70 J. Puno, Concurring Opinion in Liang v. People, 407 Phil. 414, 423 (2001) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division]. 71 Id. at 437.
72 See id. at 441-442. 73 Id.
at 442. 74 Rollo, pp. 1111. 75 Reflections of C..J. Gesmundo, p.
8; J. Puno, Concurring Opinion in Liang v. People; 407 Phil. 414, (2001) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division]. 76 Reflections of C.J. Gesmundo, p. 9.
77 SAJ Leonen, Separate Concurring Opinion, p. 6. 78 Reflections of J. Lazaro-Javier, p.
1. 79 Reflections of J. Lazaro-Javier, p. 4; Minucher v. Court of Appeals, 445 Phil. 250, 265 (2003) [Per J. Vitug, Second Division].
80 Minucher v. Court of Appeals, 445 Phil. 250, 264-265 (2003) [Per J. Vitug, First Division]. Emphasis supplied; emphasis in the original. 81 Article 31 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations reads: 1.
A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State. He shall also enjoy immunity from its civil and administrative jurisdiction, except in the case of: (a) A real action relating to private immovable property situated in the territory of the receiving State, unless he holds it on behalf of the sending State for the purposes of the mission; (b) An action relating to succession in which the diplomatic agent is involved as executor, administrator, heir or legatee as a private person and not on behalf of the sending State; (c) An action rela1ing to any professional or commercial activity exercised by the diplomatic agent in the receiving State outside his official functions. 82 J. Puno, Concurring Opinion in Liang v. People, 407 Phil. 414, 441-442 (2001) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division].
83 Id. 84 Id. 85 Id.
at 432. 86 330 Phil. 573 (1996). 87 Id.
at 582-583. 88 J. Puno, Concurring Opinion in Liang v. People, 407 Phil. 414, 441 (2001) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division].. 89 Reflections of J. Lazaro-Javier, p.
4. 90 Id. at 7.
91 150-C Phil. 471 (1972) [Per J. Teehankee]. 92 Headquarters Agreement, Art. XII, Sec. 44. 93 Headquarters Agreement, Art. Xll, Sec. 45.
94 Department of Foreign Affairs v. National labor Relations , 330 Phil. 573 (1996). 95 Liang v. People, 380 Phil. 673, 676 (2000) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division]. 96 Id.
97 Id. 98 Id. 99 407 Phil. 414 (2001) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division].
100 261 Phil. 777 (1990) [Per J. Cruz, En Banc]. 101 Id. at 799.
102 Id. at 438-444. 103 See Arigo v. Swift, 743 Phil. 8, 44-45 (2014) [Per J. Villarama, Jr., En Banc].
104 Bulanon v. Mendco Development Corp., G.R. No.
219637, April 26, 2023 [Per J. Hernando, First Division] at 7. This pinpoint citation refers to the copy of the Decision uploaded to the Supreme Court website. 105 Rollo, pp. 1111-1113.
106 Id. at 1113-1l 14. 107 Id.
at 832. 108 Ren Transport Corp. v. National Labor Relations Commission, 788 Phil. 234, 244 (2016) [Per C.J. Sereno, First Division]. 109 See Reburiano v. De Vera, 877 Phil. 880,.899 (2020) [Per J. Carandang, First Division].
110 See Banco De Oro Unibank, Inc. v. International Copra Export Corp., 901 Phil. 88 (2021) [Per J. Leonen, Third Division]. 111 308 Phil. 547 (1994) [Per J. Quiason, En Banc]. 112 Id.
at 559. 113 Id. at 560.
114 Rollo, p. 1113. 115 Id.
at 1114. 116 Id. 117 Liang v. People, 380 Phil. 673,676 (2000) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division].
118 284-A Phil. 842 (1992) [Per J. Gutierrez, Jr., Third Division]. 119 Liang v. People, 380 Phil. 673 (2000) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division].. 120 Id.
at 676. 121 Id. 122 Id.
at 677. 123 284-A Phil. 842 (1992) [Per J. Gutierrez, Jr., Third Division]. 124 Id.
at 850. 125 Id. at 859.
126 Id. at 855. 127 Id.
at 859. 128 Id. 129 Rollo, p.
953. 130 Id. 131 Id.
132 Id. 133 Id. at 192.
134 Id. at 953. 135 Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. v. Domingo, 813 Phil. 37, 56 (2017) [Per J. Martires, Second Division].
136 Madrona v. Rosal, 281 Phil. 1,10 (199:) [Per. J. Davide, Third Division]. 137 Tulfo v. People, G.R. Nos. 187113 & 187230, January 11, 2021 [Per J. Leonen.
Third Division]. 138 MVRS Publications v. Islamic Da'wah Council of the Philippines, 444 Phil. 230, 241 (2003) [Per J. Bellosillo, En Banc). 139 See Yuchengco v. Manila Chronicle Publishing Corp., 620 Phil. 697, 726-272 (2009) [Per J. Chico Nazario, Third Division].
140 Yuchengco v. Manila Chronicle Publishing Corp., 620 Phil. 697, 726 (2009) [Per J. Chico-Nazario, Third Division]. 141 Rollo, pp. 14-15. 142 Id.
at 1191. 143 Id. unpaginated.
144 Id. 145 Id. at 20 I. 146 Liang v. People, 380 Phil. 673,676 (2000) [Per J. Ynares-Santiago, First Division].
147 Rollo, p. 192. 148 Id.
at 405-406. 149 Id. at 550-551.
150 Alonzo v. Court of Appeals, 311 Phil. 60, 78 (1995) [Per J. Davide, Jr., First Division]. 151 Rollo, p. 13.
152 Social Security System v. Commission on Audit. 888 Phil. 892, 903 (2020) [Per J. Caguioa, En Banc]. 153 Rollo, p.
538. 154 Id. at 1114.
155 Id. at 548. 156 Id.
at 557. 157 Id. at 558.
158 Rollo, pp. 225-226. 159 Id. at 224.
160 Id. at 823-824; 1111-1113. 161 International Catholic Migration Commission v. Calleja , 268 Phil. 134, 153 (1990) [Per J. Melencio Herrera, Second Division].
162 Rollo, p. 907 163 Id. at 1117.
164 Id. at 445-456. 165 Id.
at 456. 166 Id. at 25-26, 445-456, 519-559, 851--852.
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