CASES ON POLICE POWER vis--vis THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

As of 2017

1. Southern Luzon Drug Corporation v. Department of Social Welfare and Development, G.R. No.
199669, 25 April 2017. (re: senior citizen discount, read in relation to No. 2; also see separate
opinions of J. Carpio and J. Leonen)

2. Carlos Superdrug v. Department of Social Welfare and Development, G.R. No. 166494, 29 June
2007.

3. City of Manila v. Laguio Jr., G.R. No. 118127, 12 April 2005.

4. White Light Corporation v. City of Manila, G.R. No. 122846, 20 January 2009.

5. Office of the Solicitor General v. Ayala Land, Inc., G.R. No. 177056, 18 September 2009. (re:
limitations of police power)

6. The Conference of Maritime Manning Agencies, Inc. v. Philippine Overseas Employment

Administration, G.R. No. 114714, 21 April 1995. (re: all contracts, esp. labor contracts, are
subject to the police power of the State)

7. Gerochi v. Department of Energy, G.R. No. 159796, 17 July 2007. (re: Universal Charge)

8. Betoy v. Board of Directors, National Power Corporation, G.R. Nos. 156556-57, 4 October 2011.

9. Telecommunications and Broadcast Attorneys of the Philippines, Inc. v. Commission on

Elections, G.R. No. 132922, 21 April 1998. (re: broadcast airwaves)

10. Social Justice Society v. Atienza, G.R. No. 156502, 13 February 2008. (re: zoning ordinance
affecting oil terminals)