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Marcelo vs. Sandiganbayan [DECISION]

EDWARD T. MARCELO, MARCELO FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, PHIL-ASIA AGRO INDUSTRIES CORP., PHILIPPINE SPECIAL SERVICES CORP., PROVIDENT INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES CORP., MARCELO CHEMICAL & PIGMENT CORP., FARMERS FERTILIZER CORP., INSULAR RUBBER CO., INC., HYDRONICS CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, MARCELO RUBBER & LATEX PRODUCTS, INC., POLARIS MARKETING CORP., H. MARCELO & CO., INC., MARCELO STEEL CORP., PHILIPPINE CASINO OPERATORS CORP., and MARIA CRISTINA FERTILIZER CORP., Petitioners, versus SANDIGANBAYAN and THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, Respondents.

G.R. No. 156605 | 2007-08-28

D E C I S I O N
 
GARCIA, J.:
 
This joint petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court seeks the reversal and setting aside of the Resolution[1] dated August 27, 2001 of the Sandiganbayan in its Civil Case No. 21, a suit for recovery of ill-gotten wealth, with damages, initiated by the Republic of the Philippines (Republic or RP, for short), denying herein petitioners' respective motions for summary judgment and its Resolution[2] of November 19, 2002 which likewise denied their separate motions for reconsideration.

At the core of the case is the contract entered into on June 10, 1982 by and between...