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In The Matter of the Charges of Plagiarism, etc., Against Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo (En Banc Decision)

IN THE MATTER OF THE CHARGES OF PLAGIARISM, ETC., AGAINST ASSOCIATE JUSTICE MARIANO C. DEL CASTILLO Present: CORONA, C.J.,CARPIO, CARPIO MORALES, VELASCO, JR. NACHURA,LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BRION, PERALTA, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO,ABAD, VILLARAMA, JR.,PEREZ,MENDOZA, and SERENO, JJ.

A.M. No. 10-7-17-SC | 2010-10-12

 
EN BANC
 
DECISION
 
PER CURIAM:
 
This case is concerned with charges that, in preparing a decision for the Court, a designated member plagiarized the works of certain authors and twisted their meanings to support the decision.
 
The Background Facts
 
Petitioners Isabelita C. Vinuya and about 70 other elderly women, all members of the Malaya Lolas Organization, filed with the Court in G.R. No. 162230 a special civil action of certiorari with application for preliminary mandatory injunction against the Executive Secretary, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of Justice, and the Office of the Solicitor...