PREPARED BY: ALEINE LEILANIE B.

ORO
III. Judges and Lawyers

a. What are judges?

b. Lawyers, counsels, attorneys

ULEP v The Legal Clinic, G.R. No. 553, June 17, 1993

In Re: Dalmacio de los Angeles, 106 Phil 1

c. Language Mastery and Legal Training

Language Mastery and Legal Training by
Irving Mehler

d. Skills in Contract Drafting
Nielson and Company, Inc. and Lepanto
Consolidated Mining Company, 26 SCRA 540

IV. Modern Judicial Function and Policy

Legal Education and Pulic Policy, Laswell and
McDougal

a. Prospectivity

Ex Post Facto Laws

Stogner v. California, US Supreme Court, No. 01-1757,
June 26, 2003

Decisions
Valmonte v De Villa, 178 SCRA 211, September 29,
1989
Valmonte v. De Villa 185 SCRA 665, May 24, 1990
Columbia Pictures, Inc. v CA, 261 SCRA 144
20
th
Century Fox Film Corp v CA, 164 SCRA 655

a. Stare Decisis
Quinto v. Commission on Elections, G.R. No. 189698,
February 22, 2010
Helvering v Hallock,309 US 106
J.M. Tuason Co, Inc. v Mariano, 85 SCRA 644

b. Res Judicata
Andersons Group, Inc. v. Court of Appelas, 266 SCRA
423, January 21, 1997
Islamic Directorate of the Philippines v CA, 272 SCRA
454
Villanueva v CA, 285 SCRA 180
South Central Bell Telephone Co. et.al. v Alabama,
et.al., March 23, 1999

c. Law of the Case Course and Discussion Guide
People v Piniula, et.al, 103 PHIL 992
Solid Manila Corporation v Bio Hong Trading Co, Inc.,
195 SCRA 748

d. Courts of Equity
Philippine Blooming Mills Employees Organization v
Philippine Blooming Mills Co, Inc., 51 SCRA 189
Echegaray v Secretary of Justice, 301 SCRA 96,
January 19, 1999

e. Role of Courts in Society
Estrada v Desierto, 353 SCRA 452
Tecson, et al. v. Comelec, G.R. No. 161434, March 3,
2004 (FPJ Case)

f. Balancing Powers and Rights

f.1 Government Interests
Sell v. United States, No. 02-5664, June 16, 2003
Cruzan v Director, Mo. Health Dept., 497 US 261
The Schiavo Case Clinton v Jones, US SC No. 95-
1853

f.2 Individual Liberties
Lawrence v. Texas, US Supreme Court, No. 02-102,
June26, 2003
Barnes v Glenn Theatre, Inc., 115 L Ed 2d 504
PHILLIPS, M.D. v. IRONS, M.D.,.No. 1-03-2992. Feb. 22,
2005.
Freedman v State of Maryland, 380 US 51
Near v State of Minnesota, 51 S.Ct. 625
People v Cayat, 68 PHIL 12
People v Marti, 193 SCRA 57
Zulueta v CA, 253 SCRA 699
Goesaert v Cleary, 335 US 404
OSullivan v Boerckel, June 7, 1999
Employment Division v Smith, 494 US 872

PREPARED BY: ALEINE LEILANIE B. ORO

g. Courts and Freedom of the Media

Webb v de Leon, 247 SCRA 652
Osmena v Commission on Elections, 288 SCRA 447
Sec. of Justice Perez v. Estrada, A.M. No. 01-4-03-SC,
June 29, 2001
Keenan v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County
(1982), 31 Cal. 3d 424
Ayer Production Pty. Ltd v J. Ignacio M. Capulong,
G.R. No. 82398, April 29, 1988

h. Technicality and Judicial Reality

People v Rodrigueza, 205 SCRA 791