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1) The mayor of Manila ordered the closure of the district where women of ill repute lived and deported 170 women to Davao without their consent. 2) Relatives and friends of the deported women filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus with the Supreme Court, questioning the authority of the respondents to deport the women and restrain their liberty. 3) The Supreme Court ruled that the deportation was illegal and deprivation of liberty as there was no law authorizing the mayor to forcibly relocate the

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CC Macasaet

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