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The Philippine Court of Appeals (Filipino: Hukumang Paghahabol ng Pilipinas) is the country's second highest judicial court, just after the Supreme Court. The court consists of 68 Associate Justices and 1 Presiding Justice. Pursuant to the Constitution, the Court of Appeals "reviews not only the decisions and orders of the Regional Trial Courts nationwide but also those of the Court of Tax Appeals, as well as the awards, judgments, final orders or resolutions of, or authorized by 21 Quasi-Judicial Agencies exercising quasi-judicial functions mentioned in Rule 43 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, plus the National Amnesty Commission (Pres. Proclamation No. 347 of 1994) and Office of the Ombudsman (Fabian v. Desierto, 295 SCRA 470). Added to the formidable list are the decisions and resolutions of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) which are now initially reviewable by this court, instead of a direct recourse to the Supreme Court, via petition for certiorari under Rule 65 (St. Martin Funeral Homes v. NLRC, 295 SCRA 414)". The Court of Appeals building is located at Maria Orosa Street, Ermita in Manila.

Contents 1 History 2 List of current Court of Appeals justices 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

Organized on February 1, 1936, the Court of Appeals was initially composed of a Presiding Judge and 10 Appellate Judges appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly.

It had exclusive appellate jurisdiction of all cases not falling under the original and exclusive appellate jurisdiction of the 7-man Supreme Court. Its decisions in those cases were final, except when the Supreme Court upon petition for certiorari on questions of law required that the case be certified to it for review. It had also original jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus, prohibition, injunction, certiorari, habeas corpus and all other auxiliary writs in aid of its appellate jurisdiction. The Court then sat either en banc or in two divisions, one of 6 and another of 5 Judges. The appellate Judges had the same qualifications as those provided by the Constitution for Supreme Court Justices.

In March 1938, the appellate Judges were named Justices and their number increased from 11 to 15, with three divisions of 5 under Commonwealth Act No. 259. On December 24, 1941, the membership of the Court was further increased to 19 Justices under Executive Order No. 395.

The Court functioned during the Japanese occupation, 1941-44. But in March 1945, due to abnormal conditions at the time, the Court was abolished by President Sergio Osmeña through Executive Order No. 37. The end of World War II restored the democratic processes in the country. On October 4, 1946, Republic Act No. 52 was passed recreating the Court with a Presiding Justice and fourteen (14) Associate Justices. They composed 5 divisions of 3 Justices each.

On August 23, 1956, the Court membership was expanded to 18 Justices per Republic Act No. 1605. The number was hiked to 24 Justices as decreed by Republic Act No. 5204 approved on June 15, 1968. Ten years later, the unabated swelling of its dockets called for a much bigger Court of 45 Justices under Presidential Decree No. 1482 of June 10, 1978. Then came the Judiciary Reorganization on January 17, 1983 through Executive Order No. 864 of President Marcos. The Court was renamed Intermediate Appellate Court and its membership enlarged to 51 Justices. However, only thirty-seven (37) Justices were appointed.

On July 28, 1986, President Aquino issued Executive Order No.33 restoring the original name of the Court of Appeals with a Presiding Justice and fifty (50) Associate Justices.

On February 23, 1995, R.A. No. 7902 was passed expanding the jurisdiction of the Court effective March 18, 1995. On December 30, 1996, R.A. No. 8246 created six (6) more divisions in the Court, thereby increasing its membership from 51 to 69 Justices. However, these additional divisions - 3 for Visayas and 3 for Mindanao -remain unfunded and unorganized.

Name	Position
Ruben Reyes	Presiding Justice
Conrado Vasquez, Jr.	Associate Justice
Portia Aliño Hormachuelos	Associate Justice
Roberto A. Barrios	Associate Justice
Marina L. Buzon	Associate Justice
Rodrigo V. Cosico	Associate Justice
Martin S. Villarama, Jr.	Associate Justice
Renato C. Dacudao	Associate Justice
Andres B. Reyes, Jr.	Associate Justice
Remedios Salazar Fernando	Associate Justice
Elvi John S. Asuncion	Associate Justice
Jose L. Sabio, Jr.	Associate Justice
Edgardo P. Cruz	Associate Justice
Bienvenido L. Reyes	Associate Justice
Eliezer R. De Los Santos	Associate Justice
Josefina Guevara Salonga	Associate Justice
Rebecca De Guia Salvador	Associate Justice
Juan Q. Enriquez, Jr.	Associate Justice
Mariano C. Del Castillo	Associate Justice
Amelita G. Tolentino	Associate Justice
Mario L. Guariña III	Associate Justice
Regalado E. Maambong	Associate Justice
Edgardo F. Sundiam	Associate Justice
Lucas P. Bersamin	Associate Justice
Rosmari D. Carandang	Associate Justice
Hakim S. Abdulwahid	Associate Justice
Noel G. Tijam	Associate Justice
Arsenio J. Magpale	Associate Justice
Jose C. Mendoza	Associate Justice
Rosalinda Asuncion Vicente	Associate Justice
Jose C. Reyes, Jr.	Associate Justice
Fernanda Lampas Peralta	Associate Justice
Aurora Santiago Lagman	Associate Justice
Vicente Q. Roxas	Associate Justice
Magdangal M. De Leon	Associate Justice
Vicente S. E. Veloso	Associate Justice
Isaias P. Dicdican	Associate Justice
Santiago Javier Ranada	Associate Justice
Arcangelita Romilla Lontok	Associate Justice
Lucenito N. Tagle	Associate Justice
Japar B. Dimaampao	Associate Justice
Celia C. Librea- Leagogo	Associate Justice
Monina Arevalo Zenarosa	Associate Justice
Pampio A. Abarintos	Associate Justice
Estela M. Perlas- Bernabe	Associate Justice
Mariflor Punzalan Castillo	Associate Justice
Teresita Dy-Liacco Flores	Associate Justice
Arturo G. Tayag	Associate Justice
Sesinando E. Villon	Associate Justice
Ramon M. Bato, Jr.	Associate Justice
Romulo V. Borja	Associate Justice
Edgardo A. Camello	Associate Justice
Rodrigo F. Lim, Jr.	Associate Justice
Enrico A. Lanzanas	Associate Justice
Myrna Dimaranan-Vidal	Associate Justice
Normandie B. Pizarro	Associate Justice
Apolinario D. Bruselas, Jr.	Associate Justice
Ramon R. Garcia	Associate Justice
Ricardo R. Rosario	Associate Justice
Marlene Gonzales Sison	Associate Justice
Romeo F. Barza	Associate Justice
Agustin S. Dizon	Associate Justice
Sixto Marella, Jr.	Associate Justice
Antonio L. Villamor	Associate Justice
Priscilla Baltazar Padilla	Associate Justice
Mario V. Lopez	Associate Justice
(Vacant)	Associate Justice
(Vacant)	Associate Justice
(Vacant)	Associate Justice

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