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Sps Florencio Causin, et al. vs Judge Leonardo Demecillo

SPOUSES FLORENCIO & ESTHER CAUSIN, Complainants, versus JUDGE LEONARDO N. DEMECILLO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 24, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-04-1860 | 2004-09-08

RESOLUTION


PUNO, J.:

Before this Court is an administrative complaint filed on August 24, 2001 by spouses Florencio and Esther Causin, charging respondent Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Leonardo N. Demecillo, Branch 24 of Cagayan de Oro City, with bias and partiality, violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct for allowing another RTC judge to participate in a case pending before his sala as counsel for the plaintiff without authority from this Court, and for knowingly rendering an unjust decision.

The complaint stemmed from a 1994 case for quieting of title[1] filed by Raul F. Lim, represented by his attorney-in fact Rita Lim, and...