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SOJ vs. Koruga
SOJ vs. Koruga
SOJ vs. Koruga
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AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:
Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari
under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the Decision1
dated September 14, 2004 and the Resolution2 dated
November 24, 2004 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R.
SP No. 76578. The assailed Decision set aside the
Resolution dated April 1, 2003 of the Secretary of the
Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Judgment dated
February 11, 2002 of the Board of Commissioners (BOC) of
the Bureau of Immigration (BI), and dismissed the
deportation case filed against Christopher Koruga
(respondent), an American national, for violation of Section
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6 CA Rollo, p. 141.
7 Id., at p. 144.
8 Id., at p. 154.
9 Id., at p. 157.
10 Id., at p. 159.
11 Id., at p. 187.
12 Id., at p. 243.
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13 Id., at p. 72.
14 Id., at p. 103.
15 Id., at p. 124.
16 Id., at p. 74.
17 Id., at p. 126.
18 Id., at p. 133.
19 CA Rollo, p. 9.
20 Supra note 1.
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21 CA Rollo, p. 630.
22 Supra note 2.
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27 Republic v. Garcia, G.R No. 167741, July 12, 2007, 527 SCRA 495,
502; Information Technology Foundation of the Philippines v.
Commission on Elections, G.R. No. 159139, January 13, 2004, 419 SCRA
141, 148.
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(1964).
34 Solid Homes, Inc. v. Tan, G.R. Nos. 145156-57, July 29, 2005, 465
SCRA 137, 149; Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Solidbank
Corporation, G.R. No. 148191, November 25, 2003, 416 SCRA 436, 460;
In Re Allen, 2 Phil. 630, 643 (1903).
35 Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) v. Buñag, G.R. No. 143784,
February 5, 2003, 397 SCRA 27, 37; Cosico, Jr. v. National Labor
Relations Commission, G.R. No. 118432, May 23, 1997, 272 SCRA 583,
591; Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Esso Standard Eastern, Inc.,
G.R. No. 28502-03, April 18, 1989, 172 SCRA 364, 370.
36 Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Solidbank Corporation, supra,
note 35; People v. Rivera, 59 Phil. 236, 242 (1933).
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40 Letters dated September 19, 2001 and September 20, 2001 of Michael A.
Newbill, Vice Consul of the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines, CA Rollo, pp. 148
and 149.
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criminal liability, but that does not ipso facto mean that the
immigration authorities should unquestionably admit him into the
country.
x x x x‰41 (Emphasis supplied)
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41 CA Rollo, p. 245.
42 Board of Commissioners (CID) v. Dela Rosa, supra note 24, at p.
896.
43 Lao Tan Bun v. Fabre, 81 Phil. 682 (1948).
44 In re McCulloch Dick, 38 Phil. 41 (1918).
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as amended, is REINSTATED.
SO ORDERED.
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