Free Case Citator · Philippines
Is this case still good law?
Paste a Supreme Court G.R. number and check how later decisions treated it — free, no sign-up. BatasDB shows whether it's still good law and the exact passages that say so.
Three verdicts
One word tells you where the case stands.
Every lookup resolves to a single status, so you never have to read every treatment to know if a case is safe to cite.
No negative treatment found — the case still stands as authority.
A later case criticized, limited, or distinguished it — read before relying.
A later ruling reversed or abandoned the doctrine — no longer controlling.
Questions
The free citator, explained.
Is the BatasDB case citator free?
Yes. You can check whether a Philippine Supreme Court case is still good law for free, with no account and no sign-up. Paste a G.R. number and get the verdict, the later cases that treated it, and the authorities it relied on.
How do I check if a Philippine case is still good law?
Enter the case's G.R. number (for example, G.R. No. 214830). BatasDB reads every later Supreme Court decision that mentioned it, classifies how each one treated it — followed, affirmed, cited, distinguished, questioned, or overruled — and rolls that up into a single status: good law, questioned, or overruled.
Which courts does the citator cover?
The free citator covers Philippine Supreme Court decisions identified by G.R. number. Support for other citation formats is expanding over time.
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