It was not the first time, he said, that litigants had come to him. They ask me what I can do. They present the problem to me. I tell them immediately, I can't do anything. I certainly cannot talk to the other justices.
Lawyers say that the higher the stakes, the more determined the approaches to justices.
In 1988, San Miguel Corp. sued Tan's Asia Brewery Inc. for copying the size, shape and color of its famous beer bottle. In 1990, the case went to the Court of Appeals. It was raffled to Campos, who was asked to rule on whether Tan's firm was guilty of unfair competition and of infringing on San Miguel's trademark. I have very few Chinese friends and they do not know Lucio Tan. Suddenly, one of them called me and he said Lucio Tan was in his house.