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5 Lorenzo Shipping Vs Distribution Management Assoc of The Philippines, GR No 155849, August 31, 2011
5 Lorenzo Shipping Vs Distribution Management Assoc of The Philippines, GR No 155849, August 31, 2011
5 Lorenzo Shipping Vs Distribution Management Assoc of The Philippines, GR No 155849, August 31, 2011
Issue:
Whether or not
the statements contained in the Sea
Transport Update constitute or amount to indirect contempt
of court?
Ruling:
The petition for indirect contempt is dismissed. Petitioners
did not sufficiently show how the respondents publication of
the Sea Transport Update constituted any of the acts
punishable as indirect contempt of court under Section 3 of
Rule 71.
Viewed through the prism of the test, the Sea Transport
Update was not disrespectful, abusive, or slanderous, and