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Republic vs. Sandiganbayan and Moreno

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN and FEDERICO MORENO, respondents.

G.R. No. 103059 | 1993-08-19

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

Impleaded before the Sandiganbayan as co-defendant in the civil suit for recovery of alleged ill-gotten wealth against Lucio C. Tan, former President Ferdinand E. Marcos, and Imelda R. Marcos, was Federico B. Moreno, Chairman of Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration, now herein private respondent. Feeling that no genuine factual issue was levelled against him by the Government and wholly convinced that the imputations against him are bereft of factual bases, private respondent availed himself of a mode of discovery sanctioned by Rule 26 which he followed with a motion for summary judgment when the answer to the...