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Swedish Match, AB vs. Court of Appeals

SWEDISH MATCH, AB, JUAN ENRIQUEZ, RENE DIZON, FRANCISCO RAPACON, FIEL SANTOS, BETH FLORES, LAMBRTO DE LA EVA, GLORIA REYES, RODRIGO ORTIZ, NICANOR ESCALANTE, PETER HODGSON, SAMUEL PARTOSA, HERMINDA ASUNCION, JUANITO HERRERA, JACOBUS NICOLAAS, JOSEPH PEKELHARING (now Representing himself without court sanction as "JOOST PEKELHARING)," MASSIMO ROSSI and ED ENRIQUEZ, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS, ALS MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and ANTONIO K. LITONJUA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 128120 | 2004-10-20

D E C I S I O N

Tinga, J.:

Petitioners seek a reversal of the twin Orders[1] of the Court of Appeals dated 15 November 1996[2] and 31 January 1997,[3] in CA-G.R. CV No. 35886, entitled "ALS Management et al., v. Swedish Match, AB et al." The appellate court overturned the trial court's Order[4] dismissing the respondents' complaint for specific performance and remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings.

Swedish Match AB (hereinafter SMAB) is a corporation organized under the laws of Sweden not doing business in the Philippines. SMAB, however, had three subsidiary corporations in the Philippines, all...