CLAUDIO S. TEEHANKEE (1918-1989) Eloquent Defender of Civil ...
CLAUDIO S. TEEHANKEE (1918-1989) Eloquent Defender of Civil ...
CLAUDIO S. TEEHANKEE (1918-1989) Eloquent Defender of Civil ...
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At the height <strong>of</strong> the EDSA Revolution in February 1986, Teehankee played a crucial role<br />
in swearing in Corazon C. Aquino as the country's 11 th President while Marcos was holding his<br />
own inaugural ceremony at Malacañang.<br />
Teehankee served as Chief Justice until his retirement on April 18, 1988. He died <strong>of</strong><br />
cancer in New York on November 27, <strong>1989</strong> at the age <strong>of</strong> 72.<br />
References:<br />
Fernan, Marcelo B. “A Tribute to Dingdong Teehankee” Manila Bulletin (December 17,<br />
<strong>1989</strong>)<br />
Retizos, Isidro L. & Soriano, D.H. Philippines Who’s Who. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing<br />
House, Inc., 1981.<br />
Sevilla, Victor J. Justices <strong>of</strong> the Supreme Court <strong>of</strong> the Philippines Volume III Quezon City: the<br />
Author & New Day Publishers, 1985<br />
Photo in: Justices <strong>of</strong> the Supreme Court <strong>of</strong> the Philippines, p. 42
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