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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

SECOND DIVISION

[A.M. No. 1867. December 19, 1980.]

NATIONAL MINES AND ALLIED WORKERS UNION (NAMAWU-MIF), Complainant, v. ROMEO A. REAL, Respondent.

SYNOPSIS


Complainant labor union sought to disbar the respondent lawyer on various alleged grounds, and after the submission of respondent’s comment to its charges, filed a motion to declare respondent in contempt of court for having used intemperate and offensive language in his comment. During the hearing of the case before the Solicitor General, complainant’s counsel failed to appear. Later, it moved to withdraw its complaint and the motion to cite respondent for contempt, alleging that the case "arose out of a simple misunderstanding."

The Supreme Court, as recommended by the Solicitor General, dismissed the case.


SYLLABUS


1. REMEDIAL LAW; ATTORNEYS; COMPLAINT FOR DISBARMENT; DISMISSAL ON GROUND OF WITHDRAWAL BY COMPLAINANT. — An administrative complaint against a lawyer will be dismissed where the complainant fails to appear during the investigation before the Solicitor General and thereafter files a motion to withdraw the complaint on the ground that the case "arose out of a simple misunderstanding" and that the parties had agreed to settle their differences.


D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:


The National Mines and Allied Workers Union in its verified complaint of February 11, 1978 asked for the disbarment of respondent lawyer on the alleged grounds of violation of his oath of office, malpractice, disregard of the law and lawful orders and ignorance of the law in connection with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement with respondent’s client, Red V Coconut Products, Ltd., by the Tanglaw ng Paggawa, a union affiliated with complainant union.chanrobles virtual lawlibrary

The respondent (admitted to the bar in 1940) in his comment of August 21, 1978 alleged that the complaint was filed because the complainant thought that the respondent was blocking the demands of the complainant upon the Red V Coconut Products, Ltd.

The respondent pointed out the inaccuracies and misrepresentations in the complaint and averred that the complaint was an offshot of the labor dispute between the complainant and the Red V Coconut Products, Ltd.

After the submission of respondent’s comment, the complainant filed a motion to declare the respondent in contempt of court for having used intemperate and offensive language in his comment. The respondent countered that the use of abrasive language was provoked by the untruthful charges contained in the complaint.

The case was referred to the Solicitor General for investigation, report and recommendation. The investigation could not be commenced because complainant’s counsel failed to appear at the hearings scheduled on March 25, April 26 and June 6, 1979.

On June 26, 1979, the complainant filed with the Solicitor General a withdrawal of its complaint and its motion to cite the respondent for contempt. The complainant alleged that the case "arose out of a simple misunderstanding" ; that the parties had agreed to settle their differences and that, with the settlement of their dispute, the complaint herein and the motion to cite the respondent for contempt should "be considered withdrawn and/or be ordered dismissed." chanrobles virtual lawlibrary

The Solicitor General observed that because of the motion for withdrawal there is no alternative but to dismiss the complaint for disbarment.

In view thereof, the complaint is dismissed and this case is considered closed.chanrobles law library

SO ORDERED.

Barredo, Concepcion Jr., Abad Santos and De Castro, JJ., concur.




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