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Gaite vs. Filipino Society of Composers

DEBRA ANN P. GAITE, Petitioner, vs. FILIPINO SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS, INC., ARTURO LUI PIO, NOEL G. CABANGON, ALVIN F. DE VERA, LEOCADIO ERNESTO A. SANCHEZ III, ADORACION SATURNO AND CEASAR* APOSTOL, Respondents. Present: CARPIO, J., Chairperson PERALTA, PERLAS-BERNABE, CAGUIOA, ** and REYES, JJ.

G.R. No. 219324 | 2018-08-08

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
PERALTA, J.:

Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court seeking to reverse and set aside the Decision 1 dated November 24, 2014 and the Resolution2 dated July 1, 2015 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 133559.

 
The antecedent facts are as follows:

On May 16, 2006, respondent Filipino Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, Inc. (FILSCAP), incorporated in 1965 as a nonstock, non-profit association of composers, lyricists, and music publishers that collectively enforces the public...