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University of the Phil. Vs. CA

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, HONORABLE RODOLFO A. ORTIZ, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court (Branch 89), National Capital Region, Quezon City, Metro Manila, MANUEL ELIZALDE, BALAYEM, MAHAYAG, DUL and LOBO, respondents.

G.R. No. 97827 | 1993-02-09

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J p:

Waving aloft its banner of institutional academic freedom, the petitioner, University of the Philippines questions, in this petition for review on certiorari the Order of the lower court denying the motion to dismiss the complaint for damages filed against two of its professors for alleged derogatory statements uttered concerning the Tasadays, the cave-dwelling inhabitants of the rainforest of Mindanao.

The facts which have drawn the State University from the quiet groves of academia to the judicial arena are as follows:

On August 15-17, 1986, the "International Conference on the Tasaday Controversy and...