How to write a

Case Digest
Tip 1:
It's important that you read
the Full Text of the case to
have a full understanding of
what happend in the case.
Tip 2: Name of the case, G.R. No., Date and
Justice who penned the case
Tip 3: Facts
Facts are the brief story of the case. You should
write what happened in the case, who are the
petitioner and the respondents, what is the decision
of the Court of Appeals and Lower Courts. Facts
should be brief as possible. A digest is a summary of
the full text and not another copy of the full text.
Tip 4: Issue
Issue for me, always starts with WHETHER OR NOT
followed by the issue that is related to your topic.
For example, the topic is warrant of arrest and the
issue in the case is the validity of the warrant, then
your issue should be, WHETHER OR NOT the
warrant is valid.
Tip 5: Ruling/Held
This is the decision of the SUPREME COURT. I repeat, this is
the DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT not the ruling of any
lower court regarding the issue you raised in your issue
portion. So, The ISSUE is the question, the RULING is the
answer.

You can use Ruling or Held, whatever is comfortable for

you. The point is, you or other people should see the
decision of the court whether it is granted or dismissed and
the rationale for such decision. Decision should answer the
issue as i said earlier, if you put a decision that does not
answer your issue then you have a problem discussing the
case.
Tip 6: How it should look like
TRINIDAD v. GABRIEL
G.R. No. XXXXXXX, August 30, 1950
DE GUZMAN, J.:

FACTS:

ISSUE:

RULING: