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2.3 Codes
Cite codes by common title (in small capitals) and article referenced. Some statutes are
commonly cited as codes (in small capitals) and need not include the type of session law that
created the code:
146
CIVIL CODE, art. 1234.
REV. PENAL CODE, art. 48.
3.0 Jurisprudence
Cite cases by name of the parties (if a real person, family name is sufficient; separated by “v.”),
and reporter in which the case is published by volume, abbreviated title, and first page of the
case and page referenced, followed by year of decision (in parentheses):
3.1 Reports
Ariaga v. Javellana, 92 Phil. 330, 332 (1952).
The abbreviations of major reporters are:
Supreme Court:
Philippine Reports (Phil.)
General Register of advance decisions (G.R.)
Supreme Court Reports Annotated (SCRA)
Court of Appeals:
Appellate Court Reports (C.A. Rep.)
Court of Appeals Reports, Second Series (C.A. Rep 2d)
Court of Appeals General Register (C.A.-G.R.)
Both Courts:
Official Gazette (O.G.)
3.2.1 Supreme Court
Cite Supreme Court cases published in the Official Gazette by name of the parties, followed by
“G.R. No.” and General Register number, date of decision, and the Official Gazette by volume,
abbreviated title, first page of the case, and month and year of publication (in parentheses).
Cases published neither in the Official Gazette nor another reporter may be cited by General
Register number alone:
Espiritu v. Rivera, G.R. No. 17092, September 30, 1963, 62 O.G. 7226 (Oct. 1966).
Estepa v. Diansay, G.R. No. 14733, September 30, 1960.