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The petitioner, a Chinese businessman, challenged the constitutionality of RA 1180, which nationalized the retail trade business and reserved it for Filipino citizens. He argued it violated his rights to equal protection and due process. The Supreme Court upheld the law, finding it a valid exercise of police power to remedy the threat posed by foreign dominance in retail. Treaties could be superseded by subsequent laws, and no treaty explicitly guaranteed rights to engage in retail trade. While discriminati

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Mary Leanda

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