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Mosqueda etc. vs. Pilipino Banana Growers etc.

WILFREDO MOSQUEDA, MARCELO VILLAGANES, JULIETALAWAGON, CRISPIN ALCOMENDRAS, CORAZON SABINADA, VIRGINIA CATA-AG, FLORENCIA SABANDON, and LEDEVINAADLAWAN, Petitioners vs. PILIPINO BANANA GROWERS & EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION, INC., DAVAO FRUITS CORPORATION, and LAPANDAY AGRICULTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondents. X--------------------------------------X CITY GOVERNMENT OF DAVAO, Petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, PILIPINO BANANA GROWERS & EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION (PBGEA), DAVAO FRUITS CORPORATION, and LAPANDAY AGRICULTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondents.

G.R. No. 189185 and G.R. No. 189305 | 2016-08-16

EN BANC
DECISION
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
This appeal through the consolidated petitions for review on certiorari assails the decision promulgated on January 9, 2009,1 whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) reversed and set aside the judgment rendered on September 22, 2007 by the Regional Trial Court (R TC), Branch 17, in Davao City upholding the validity and constitutionality of Davao City Ordinance No. 0309-07, to wit:
 
WHEREFORE, premises considered, the appeal is GRANTED. The assailed September 22, 2007 Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), 11th Judicial Region, Branch 17, Davao City, upholding the validity and constitutionality...