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• Petition for Leave to Reclaim Practice of Law of Benjamin Dacanay
  540 SCRA 424 – Civil Law – Private International Law – Nationality Theory – Practice of Law is Reserved for Filipinos  In 1998, Atty. Benjamin Dacanay went to Canada to seek medical help. In order for him to take advantage of Canada’s free medical aid program he became a Canadian citizen in ... […]
• Maria Socorro Avelino vs Court of Appeals
  Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Letters of Administration – Judicial Partition In 1989, Antonio Avelino, Sr. died intestate. In 1991, his daughter, Maria Socorro Avelino filed a petition for the issuance of letters of administration of the estate of his deceased father. All the other heirs however opposed the petition and ... […]
• Romulo Macalintal vs Commission on Elections
  Political Law – Election Laws – Absentee Voters Act – Proclamation of Winners in a National Elections Romulo Macalintal, as a lawyer and a taxpayer, questions the validity of the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 (R.A. 9189). He questions the validity of the said act on the following grounds, among others: ... […]