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| David v. Poe | |
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| Court | Senate Electoral Tribunal |
| Full case name | Rizalito Y. David versus Mary Grace Poe Llamanzares |
| Decided | November 17, 2015 |
| Citation | SET Case No.001-15 |
| Transcript | Decision |
| Case history | |
| Appealed to | Supreme Court of the Philippines |
| Subsequent actions | Petition for certiorari was dismissed by the Supreme Court and declare the respondent as a natural-born Filipino citizen qualified to hold office as Senator of the Republic. (G.R. no. 221538) |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Carpio (Senior Associate Justice), de Castro, Brion (Associate Justices), Aquino, P. Cayetano, Villar, Binay, Sotto, Legarda (Senator-members) |
| Case opinions | |
| Concurrence | Aquino, P. Cayetano, Villar, Sotto, Legarda |
| Dissent | Carpio, de Castro, Brion, Binay |
Rizalito Y. David versus Mary Grace Poe Llamanzares, better known as David v. Poe, is a SET Case No.001-15. It is a 2015 court case filed before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) that sought to remove Grace Poe from the Philippine Senate—which would have effectively blocked her from running for president in the 2016 elections—because she was a foundling and therefore it was impossible to determine whether she was a natural-born citizen, a requirement for both offices.