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COCOFED vs. PCGG 178 SCRA 236

PHILIPPINE COCONUT PRODUCERS FEDERATION, INC, (COCOFED), MARIA CLARA L. LOBREGAT, BIENVENIDO A. MARQUEZ, SR., MANUEL J. LASERNA, JR., DOMINGO P. ESPINA, CELESTINO B. SABATE, JOSE A. GOMEZ, EDUARDO U. ESCUETA, MANUEL V. DEL ROSARIO, SULPICIO G. GRANADA, INAKI R. MENDEZONA, JOSE R. ELEAZER, JR., JOSE REYNALDO V. MORENTE, ELADIO I. CHATTO, COCONUT INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC., SERGIO R. RIGODON, SPOUSES MANUEL AND CONCEPCION UTZURRUM, represented by MANUEL M. UTZURRUM, JR., MAXIMO M. PEREZ, RAUL ANTONIO Z. UNSON, JUSTO C. RUBI, RODOLFO Z. SALVACION, PAZ F. ABILA, JESUS O. SALVAN, TEODORICO R. RANERA, CRISPULO M. PIONILLA, ROSARIO P. MERTO, ISABEL R. ALVAREZ, GREGORIO L. ANTENOR, EDILBERTO CONTRERAS, REYNALDO R. LADLAD, VENANCIO R. PINON, LUIS A. NEGRE, ANASTACIO S. NIERE, FRANCISCO R. BINABAY, JAMITO A. DAPULA, ROSENDO M. ABARRENTOS, RAUL M. ALEGRE, AGUSTIN C. IBAL, ROGELIO A. DELA CRUZ, GREGORIO V. MERCADO, and All other coconut farmers similarly situated, petitioners, vs. PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, HON. JOVITO R. SALONGA, HON. RAMON DIAZ, HON. RAUL DAZA, HON. MARY CONCEPCION BAUTISTA and HON. QUINTIN DOROMAL, respondents, THE PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY, intervenor.

G.R. No. 75713 | 1989-10-02

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

The petition for certiorari and prohibition with preliminary injunction at bar seeks the annulment of the sequestration and other orders issued by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) 1 against petitioner Philippine Coconut Producers Federation, Inc. (COCOFED) and various other industrial and commercial enterprises set up ostensibly for purposes concerned with the development of the coconut industry and the welfare of those involved in or served by it. These agencies or enterprises were organized and financed with revenues derived from coconut levies imposed under a succession of laws of the...