Republic of the Philippines Supreme Court Manila EN BANC APO FRUITS CORPORATION an!I"O P#ANTATION$ INC%$ Petitioners, -versus - #AN& BAN' OF T!E P!I#IPPINES$ Respondent. (%R% No% )*+),- Present: CORONA, C.J., ∗ CARPIO, CARPIO MORALES, VELASCO, JR., NACHURA, LEONARO-E CAS!RO, "RION, ∗∗ PERAL!A, "ERSAMIN, EL CAS!ILLO, ∗∗∗ A"A, VILLARAMA, JR., PERE#, MENO#A, $nd SERENO,JJ. Pro%u&'$ted: O(to)er *+, +*.////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////. R E S O # U T I O N BRION$ J.0