CASE TITLE ASSAILED MEASURES OR

ACTS
ASSAILED BY WHOM DOES HE HAVE
STANDING? WHY?
COURTS ACTION
Chavez v. PEA, 384 SCRA
152
the sale by PEA of the
reclaimed lands to AMARI
FRANCISCO I. CHAVEZ, as
taxpayer
The petitioner has standing
to bring the taxpayers suit
because the petition seeks
to compel PEA to comply
with its constitutional duties.
This duties are particularly
in answer of the right
of citizens to information on
matters of public concern,
and of a constitutional
provision intended to
insure the equitable
distribution of alienable
lands of the public
domain among Filipino
citizens.
The Supreme Court
granted the petition. PEA
and Amari Coastal Bay
Development Corporation
are permanently enjoined
from implementing the
amended JVA which is
hereby declared null and
void ab initio.
Tatad v. Secretary, 281
SCRA 330
R.A. No. 7638 was
enacted creating the
Department of Energy to
regulate energy industry.
EDCEL C. LAGMAN, JOKER
P. ARROYO, ENRIQUE
GARCIA, WIGBERTO
TANADA, FLAG HUMAN
RIGHTS FOUNDATION,
INC., FREEDOM FROM
DEBT COALITION (FDC),
SANLAKAS,
FRANCISCO S. TATAD
Yes.
Usually, the court would
not warrant such actions
for lack of locus standi
however the case was to
important to be barred
off by technicalities.

the Court has brushed
aside technicalities of
procedure and has taken
cognizance of
the petitions raised.
Bayan v. Executive, 342
SCRA 449
Visiting Forces Agreement
(VFA)
BAYAN (Bagong
Alyansang Makabayan) et.
al. as taxpayers
No. The petitioners failed
to show, to the
satisfaction of the Court,
that they have sustained,
The petitions are
dismissed.
or are in danger of
sustaining any direct
injury as a result of the
enforcement of the VFA
David v. Macapagal, 489
SCRA 160
the constitutionality of PP
1017 and GO 5
PROF. RANDOLF S. DAVID
et al.
Yes. The petitioners have
legal standing using the
transcendental
importance doctrine,
due to far-reaching
implications of the
petition, notwithstanding
its categorical statement
that petitioner therein
had no personality to file
the suit. When
petitioners have failed to
show direct injury, they
have been allowed to sue
under the principle of
transcendental
importance.
The Court rules that PP
1017 is CONSTITUTIONAL
insofar as it constitutes a
call PGMA on the AFP to
prevent or suppress
lawless violence.
However, the provisions
of PP 1017 commanding
the AFP to enforce laws
not related to lawless
violence, as well as
decrees promulgated by
the President, are
declared
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. In
addition, the provision in
PP 1017 declaring
national emergency under
Section 17, Article VII of
the Constitution is
CONSTITUTIONAL, but
such declaration does not
authorize the President to
take over privately-owned
public utility or business
affected with public
interest without prior
legislation.
Paguia v. office of the
President, 621 SCRA 600
PGMAs nomination of
former Chief Justice
Hilario G. Davide, Jr. as
Permanent
Representative to the
United Nations (UN)
Petitioner Alan F. Paguia,
as citizen and taxpayer
No. None of petitioners
allegations comes close to
any of the parameters set
by SC to raise the issue of
transcendental
importance

TELEBAP v. COMELEC, 289
SCRA 337
the validity of 92 of
BP881 (Omnibus Election
Code of the Philippines)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND BROADCAST
ATTORNEYS OF THE
PHILIPPINES, INC. and
GMA NETWORK, INC., as
citizens, taxpayers, and
registered voters.
No. TELEBAP have no
interest as registered
voters since this case
does not concern their
right of suffrage.
the petition was
dismissed
Anak-Mindanao
v.Executive 530 SCRA 583
he constitutionality of
Executive Order (E.O.)
Nos. 364 and 379
Petitioners
Anak
Mindanao Party-List
Group (AMIN) and
Mamalo Descendants
Organization, Inc. (MDOI)
Yes. The Office of the
Solicitor General (OSG),
on behalf of respondents,
concedes that AMIN has
the requisite legal
standing to file this suit as
member of Congress. a
member of the House of
Representatives has
standing to maintain
inviolate the
prerogatives, powers and
privileges vested by the
Constitution in his office.
The SC declared Executive
Order Nos. 364 and 379
not unconstitutional.
Velarde v. SJS, 428 SCRA certain constitutional Brother MARIANO MIKE arties suing Petition for Declaratory
283 provisions, specifically
concerning the separation
of Church and State
Z. VELARDE, taxpayer as taxpayers
must specifically prove
that they have sufficient
interest in
preventing the illegal
expenditure of money
raised by taxation. In SJSs
Petition, there is no
indication, whether
implied or explicit, of
taxpayers money being
wrongfully
disbursed
Relief is DISMISSED
IBP v. Zamora, 338 SCRA
81
Letter of Instructions 02/2000
(LOI)

INTEGRATED BAR OF THE
PHILIPPINES
No, the petitioner does NOT
have legal standing. Its only
basis for legal standing is its
bounden duty, which is
insufficient.

Despite the fact that the
petitioner has no legal
standing though, the Court
has decided to take cognizance
of the issues raised, because of
their transcendental
significance and their
seriousness, novelty, and
weight as precedents, and
because the issues will
probably not go away until
theyve been resolved.

De Castro v. JBC, supra Appointment of a new
Chief Justice, when
elections is approaching
ARTURO M. DE CASTRO
et. al, citizen
Yes. The issues are of
transcendental
importance to the people
as a whole, and to the
petitioners in particular
Dismissed the petitions
Sta. Rosa v. Amante 453
SCRA 432
SRRDCs security people
illegally entered Bgy.
STA. ROSA REALTY
DEVELOPMENT
No. Records show that
SRRDC raised such
Amantes group got a
favourable decision.
Casile and fenced the
area subject property
CORPORATION, constitutional challenge
only before this Court
despite the fact that it
had the opportunity to do
so before the DAR
Secretary
Estarija v. Ranada, 492
SCRA 652

Liban v. Gordon, Jan. 18,
2011