Hugo Gutierrez, Jr.

Hugo Gutierrez, Jr. (January 29, 1927 – June 12, 2013) was a Filipino jurist and civil liberties advocate. Gutierrez served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines May 14, 1982 - March 31, 1993.[1]

He worked in the Office of the Solicitor General before joining the Supreme Court.[1]

Gutierrez was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1982.[1] He and his fellow Supreme Court justices resigned from the High Court following the People Power Revolution, which ousted Marcos and brought Corazon Aquino to power.[1] Gutierrez was one of just three sitting justices who were reappointed to the Supreme Court by President Aquino following her reorganization of the court.[1]

Gutierrez died from complications related to diabetes on June 12, 2013, at the age of 86.[1] He was laid in state at the Sanctuarium on Araneta Avenue in Manila.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Torres-Tupas, Tetch (2013-06-12). "Retired Associate Justice Hugo Gutierrez Jr. passes away at 86". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2013-07-04.