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Remman Enterprises, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

REMMAN ENTERPRISES, INC., petitioner vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 107671 | 1997-02-26

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

In resolving this case, the Court distinguishes civil contempt from criminal contempt. It also holds that petitioner may be held liable for indirect contempt on the basis of a single hearing and an ocular inspection report rendered ex parte to the trial court by the clerk of court who was duly commissioned for the purpose.

Assailed in this petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court are the Decision 1 and Resolution 2 of the Court of Appeals (Third Division) 3 promulgated on January 31, 1992 and October 14, 1992, respectively, in CA-G.R. No. 10926 entitled "People of the Philippines vs....