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Court of Appeals | |
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Hukuman ng Pag-aapela | |
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Established | February 1, 1936 |
Location | Manila, Cebu City and Cagayan de Oro |
Composition method | Presidential appointment from the short-list submitted by the Judicial and Bar Council |
Authorized by | Commonwealth Act No. 3, Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, Republic Act No. 7902, Republic Act No. 8246, Republic Act No. 9160, Republic Act No. 9372 |
Appeals to | Supreme Court of the Philippines |
Appeals from | Regional Trial Court |
Number of positions | 69 |
Annual budget | ₱3.09 billion (2020)[1] |
Website | ca.judiciary.gov.ph |
Presiding Justice | |
Currently | Mariflor Punzalan-Castillo |
Since | November 16, 2023 |
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The Court of Appeals (Filipino: Hukuman ng Pag-aapela[2]) is an appellate collegiate court in the Philippines. The Court of Appeals consists of one presiding justice and sixty-eight associate justices. Pursuant to the Constitution, the Court of Appeals "reviews not only the decisions and orders of the Regional Trial Courts awards, judgments, final orders or resolutions of, or authorized by administrative agencies exercising quasi-judicial functions mentioned in Rule 43 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, plus the National Amnesty Commission (Pres. Proclamation No. 347 of 1994) and the Office of the Ombudsman".[3] Under Republic Act No. 9282, which elevated the Court of Tax Appeals to the same level of the Court of Appeals, en banc decisions of the Court of Tax Appeals are subject to review by the Supreme Court instead of the Court of Appeals (as opposed to what is currently provided in Section 1, Rule 43 of the Rules of Court). Added to the formidable list are the decisions and resolutions of the National Labor Relations Commission which are now initially reviewable by the Court of Appeals, instead of a direct recourse to the Supreme Court, via petition for certiorari under Rule 65.[4]
The Court of Appeals buildings is at Maria Orosa Street, Ermita in Manila, on the grounds of what used to be part of the University of the Philippines Manila campus.
History
Organized on February 1, 1936, the Court of Appeals was initially composed of Justice Pedro Concepcion, as the first presiding judge, and ten appellate judges appointed by the president of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly. It had exclusive appellate jurisdiction of all cases not falling under the original and exclusive appellate jurisdiction of the seven-man Supreme Court. Its decisions in those cases were final, except when the Supreme Court upon petition for certiorari on questions of law required that the case be certified to it for review. It had also original jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus, prohibition, injunction, certiorari, habeas corpus and all other auxiliary writs in aid of its appellate jurisdiction. The court then sat either en banc or in two divisions, one of six and another of five judges. The appellate judges had the same qualifications as those provided by the Constitution for Supreme Court justices.
In March 1938, the appellate judges were named justices and their number increased from eleven to fifteen, with three divisions of five under Commonwealth Act No. 259. On December 24, 1941, the membership of the court was further increased to nineteen justices under Executive Order No. 395.
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The court functioned during the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1944. However, in March 1945, due to abnormal conditions at the time,[clarification needed] the court was abolished by President Sergio Osmeña through Executive Order No. 37. The end of World War II restored the democratic processes in the country. On October 4, 1946, Republic Act No. 52 was passed, recreating the Court of Appeals, with a presiding justice and fourteen associate justices. The court was composed of five divisions of three justices each.
On August 23, 1956, the membership of the court was expanded to eighteen justices per Republic Act No. 1605. The number was hiked to twenty-four justices as decreed by Republic Act No. 5204 approved on June 15, 1968. Ten years later, the unabated swelling of the court's dockets called for a much bigger court of forty-five justices under Presidential Decree No. 1482 of June 10, 1978. Then came the judiciary reorganization on January 17, 1983, through Executive Order No. 864 of President Ferdinand Marcos. The court was renamed the Intermediate Appellate Court, and its membership was enlarged to fifty-one justices. However, only thirty-seven justices were appointed to this court.
On July 28, 1986, President Corazon Aquino issued Executive Order No. 33, which restored the original name of the appellate court to the Court of Appeals and its presiding justice and fifty associate justices.
On February 23, 1995, Republic Act No. 7902 was passed, which expanded the jurisdiction of the court effective March 18, 1995. On December 30, 1996, Republic Act No. 8246 created six more divisions in the court, thereby increasing its membership from fifty-one to sixty-nine justices. These additional divisions—three for the Visayas and three for Mindanao—paved the way for the appellate court's regionalization. The court in the Visayas sits in Cebu City, while Cagayan de Oro is home to the court for Mindanao.
On August 18, 2007, the then-president of the Cebu City Chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Briccio Joseph Boholst, opposed the abolition of the court in Cebu City, as he claimed that it would cause inconvenience for both litigants and lawyers. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruben Reyes was tasked to investigate and submit his recommendations to the High Tribunal regarding the alleged massive graft and corruption of justices, especially in the issuance of temporary restraining orders.[5]
On February 1, 2018, the court celebrated its 82nd Anniversary.[6]
Incumbent justices
The Court of Appeals consists of a presiding justice and sixty-eight associate justices. Among the current members of the court, Fernanda Lampas-Peralta is the longest-serving associate justice, with a tenure of 7,225 days (19 years, 285 days) as of November 21, 2023; the most recent justice to enter the court are Selma Palacio Alaras and Wilhelmina Jorge-Wagan whose respective tenure began on October 11, 2022.
Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals
Name of Incumbent Birthdate and name |
Appointed by | Date of appointment | Date of Retirement (70 years old)[7] |
Succeeding |
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Mariflor Punzalan-Castillo September 21, 1954 |
Marcos Jr. | November 17, 2023 | September 21, 2024 | Salazar-Fernando |
Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals
Appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Name of Incumbent Birthdate |
Date of appointment | Date of Retirement (70 years old)[8] |
Succeeding |
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Fernanda Lampas-Peralta (Senior Associate Justice) June 26, 1960 |
February 9, 2004 | June 26, 2030 | Adefuin de la Cruz |
Ramon Bato Jr. August 27, 1958 |
March 15, 2004 | August 27, 2028 | Regino |
Apolinario Bruselas Jr. May 6, 1956 |
August 1, 2005 | May 6, 2026 | Brawner, Sr. |
Ramon Garcia May 10, 1954 |
August 31, 2005 | May 10, 2024 | Rivera |
Marlene Gonzales-Sison February 28, 1956 |
May 8, 2006 | February 28, 2026 | Pine |
Edwin Sorongon October 29, 1954 |
October 30, 2009 | October 29, 2024 | Tagle |
Ramon Cruz August 25, 1957 |
October 30, 2009 | August 25, 2027 | Bersamin |
Myra Garcia-Fernandez June 24, 1963 |
February 16, 2010 | June 24, 2033 | del Castillo |
Eduardo Peralta Jr. September 29, 1962 |
February 16, 2010 | September 29, 2032 | Villarama Jr. |
Nina Antonio-Valenzuela December 13, 1963 |
February 24, 2010 | December 13, 2033 | Dimaranan-Vidal |
Appointed by President Benigno Aquino III
Name of Incumbent Birthdate |
Date of appointment | Date of Retirement (70 years old)[9] |
Succeeding |
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Victoria Isabel Paredes July 1, 1954 Victoria Isabel Alvarez |
March 1, 2011 (12 years, 265 days) |
July 1, 2024 | Marella, Jr. |
Pamela Ann Abella Maxino October 31, 1956 |
March 1, 2011 | October 31, 2026 | Arevalo Zenarosa |
Zenaida Galapate-Laguilles December 16, 1962 |
March 15, 2011 | December 16, 2032 | Romilla-Lontok |
Pedro Corales April 29, 1957 Pedro A. Corales |
November 11, 2011 (12 years, 10 days) |
April 29, 2027 | Aliño-Hormachuelos |
Marilyn Lagura-Yap May 29, 1957 |
February 3, 2012 | May 29, 2027 | B. Reyes |
Maria Elisa Sempio-Diy April 25, 1966 Maria Elisa Sempio |
February 16, 2012 (11 years, 278 days) |
April 25, 2036 | Perlas-Bernabe |
Marie Christine Azcarraga-Jacob January 15, 1956 |
September 14, 2012 | January 15, 2026 | Guevara-Salonga |
Oscar Badelles April 20, 1954 |
September 14, 2012 | April 20, 2024 | Villamor |
Pablito Perez January 15, 1957 |
March 13, 2014 | January 15, 2027 | Alberto-Gacutan |
Rafael Antonio Santos February 16, 1960 |
March 13, 2014 | February 16, 2030 | Abarintos |
Germano Francisco Legaspi January 29, 1969 |
January 8, 2015 | January 29, 2039 | Tolentino |
Ronaldo Roberto Martin October 8, 1964 |
May 5, 2015 | October 8, 2034 | Veloso III |
Geraldine Fiel-Macaraig March 25, 1963 |
November 6, 2015 | March 25, 2033 | de Guia-Salvador |
Gabriel Robeniol June 7, 1961 |
November 6, 2015 | June 7, 2031 | Dicdican |
Perpetua Atal-Paño September 30, 1956 |
November 6, 2015 | September 30, 2026 | Abdulwahud |
Ruben Reynaldo Roxas March 30, 1962 |
November 6. 2015 | March 30, 2032 | M. Elbinas |
Appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte
Name of Incumbent Birthdate |
Date of appointment | Date of Retirement (70 years old)[10] |
Succeeding |
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Louis Acosta June 21, 1961 |
March 2, 2017 | June 21, 2031 | Reyes-Carpio |
Tita Marilyn Payoyo-Villordon September 16, 1959 |
June 28, 2017 | September 16, 2029 | F. Acosta |
Walter Ong October 13, 1968 |
November 28, 2017 | October 13, 2038 | Tijam |
Emily Aliño-Geluz October 5, 1971 |
April 30, 2018 | October 5, 2041 | Real-Dimagiba |
Evalyn Arellano-Morales February 2, 1956 |
June 19, 2018 | February 2, 2026 | Sandang |
Florencio Mamauag Jr. February 14, 1960 |
October 10, 2018 | February 14, 2030 | S. Inting |
Alfredo Ampuan June 3, 1954 |
July 8, 2019 | June 3, 2024 | Macalino |
Lily Joy Villareal- Biton October 14, 1961 |
July 8, 2019 | October 14, 2031 | J. Reyes Jr. |
Angelene Mary Quimpo-Sale January 26, 1963 |
July 8, 2019 | January 26, 2033 | M. de Leon |
Carlito Calpatura January 2, 1963 |
July 8, 2019 | January 2, 2033 | Francisco |
Raymond Reynold Lauigan September 27, 1968 |
March 2, 2020 | September 27, 2038 | Borja |
Lorenza Bordios August 23, 1965 |
March 2, 2020 | August 23, 2035 | Carandang |
Richard Mordeno November 29, 1966 |
March 2, 2020 | November 29, 2036 | Lazaro-Javier |
Bonifacio Pascua November 18, 1970 |
March 2, 2020 | November 18, 2040 | Hernando |
Anisah Amanodin-Umpa July 10, 1961 |
April 13, 2020 | July 10, 2031 | Contreras |
Bautista Corpin Jr. September 7, 1965 |
April 13, 2020 | September 7, 2035 | Salandnan-Manahan |
Roberto Quiroz August 12, 1974 |
April 13, 2020 | August 12, 2034 | H. Inting |
Nancy Rivas-Palmones September 11, 1968 |
April 15, 2020 | September 11, 2038 | Villon |
Alfonso Ruiz II March 10, 1971 |
May 20, 2021 | March 10, 2041 | M. Lopez |
Jennifer Joy Ong October 12, 1978 |
May 20, 2021 | October 12, 2048 | Quijano-Padila |
Michael Ong December 18, 1975 |
May 20, 2021 | December 18, 2045 | Gaerlan |
Maximo De Leon November 10, 1965 |
May 24, 2021 | November 10, 2035 | Lantion |
Jacinto Fajardo Jr. March 30, 1955 |
May 24, 2021 | March 30, 2025 | Zalameda |
Ana Marie Mas January 30, 1973 |
May 24, 2021 | January 30, 2040 | Delos Santos |
Mercedita Dadole-Ygnacio August 15, 1968 |
March 7, 2022 | August 15, 2038 | Baltazar-Padilla |
Jaime Fortunato Caringal October 10, 1977 |
March 7, 202 | October 10, 2047 | Rosario |
Eduardo Ramos Jr. October 23, 1979 |
March 7, 2022 | October 23, 2049 | Librea-Leagogo |
Jill Rose Jaugan-Lo March 9, 1972 |
March 7, 2022 | March 9, 2042 | J. Lopez |