CA denies company's claim for refund of overpaid income tax.
Byline: Rey G. Panaligan The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed its 2007 decision that denied the claim of real estate developer Belle Corp. for a P106.4-million tax refund representing overpaid income tax for 1997. In a resolution written by Associate Justice Rosmari Carandang, the...

Mining firm's plea contesting DENR decision dismissed.
Byline: REY G. PANALIGAN The Court of Appeals (CA) has ruled that the failure of a mining firm to exhaust administrative remedies in pursuing its case paved the way for the finality of the cancellation of its permits by the panel of arbitrators of the Department of...

SC revives land ownership case in Tacloban City.
Byline: REY G. PANALIGAN Setting aside procedural technicality, the Supreme Court (SC) has reversed the Court of Appeals (CA) and ordered the reinstatement of the case filed by 17 heirs claiming ownership over their supposedly inherited property in Tacloban City. In a decision written by...

No lawsuit left behind.
ON THE SAME DAY PRESIDENT Bush marked the sixth anniversary of the federal No Child Left Behind law by visiting a Chicago elementary school and proclaiming, "I know NCLB has worked," a federal appeals court ruled in favor of a group of school districts that had filed a lawsuit...

SC affirms rulings reinstating 24 attendants of PAL.
Byline: Rey G. Panaligan The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the rulings of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and the Court of Appeals (CA) that ordered Philippine Airlines, Inc. (PAL) to reinstate 24 attendants who were dismissed by their contractor in 1998 in violation of the...

CA affirms filing of charges against 6 bank officials.
The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed a ruling of the Department of Justice (DoJ) that ordered the filing of large-scale estafa charges against the president and five other officials of a savings and loan bank for submitting alleged spurious documents in their R389-million loan from the Development Bank...

CA affirms filing of charges against 6 bank officials.
Byline: Rey G. Panaligan The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed a ruling of the Department of Justice (DoJ) that ordered the filing of large-scale estafa charges against the president and five other officials of a savings and loan bank for submitting alleged spurious documents in their...

Former town secretary's sex harassment case revived.
Byline: Donna Boynton GRAFTON - A secretary who alleged sexual harassment by the former town administrator and subsequent retaliation by him and the town has won an appeal. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled earlier this week that it "found errors" in a...

BRIEFLY.
Byline: The Register-Guard Court: State not required to fully fund school goals The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that lawmakers are not obligated to "provide sufficient funding to meet the quality goals" for public schools, as required by a ballot measure voters approved in...

Supreme Court upholds ruling vs Philex Mining.
Byline: REY G. PANALIGAN & DEXTER A. SEE BAGUIO CITY -- The Supreme Court has affirmed the rulings of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) and the Court of Appeals (CA) directing Philex Mining Corp. to pay the government more than P62.8 million in deficiency income taxes...