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Sony Music Entertainment, et al vs Hon Judge Dolores Espanol

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (PHILS.), INC. and IFPI (SOUTHEAST ASIA), LTD., Petitioners, versus HON. JUDGE DOLORES L. ESPANOL OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 90, DASMARI?AS, CAVITE, ELENA S. LIM, SUSAN L. TAN, DAVID S. LIM, JAMES H. UY, WILSON ALEJANDRO, JR., JOSEPH DE LUNA, MARIA A. VELA CRUZ, DAVID CHUNG, JAMES UY, JOHN DOES AND JANE DOES, AND SOLID LAGUNA CORPORATION, Respondents.

G.R. No. 156804 | 2005-03-14

D E C I S I O N

GARCIA, J.:

      Assailed and sought to be nullified in this petition for certiorari with application for injunctive relief are the orders issued by the respondent judge on June 25, 2002[1] and January 6, 2003,[2] the first quashing Search Warrant No. 219-00, and the second, denying reconsideration of the first.

From the petition, the comment thereon of private respondents, their respective annexes, and other pleadings filed by the parties, the Court gathers the following relevant facts:

      In a criminal complaint filed with the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Videogram Regulatory Board...