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Justice Fred Ruiz Castro
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He was one of the advocates for the integration of the Philippine Bar, paving the way for the establishment of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in the 1970s.
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Notably, he is also behind the creation of the <i>Supreme Court Reports Annotated</i>, which is currently the voluminous source of decisions of the Supreme Court used by law practitioners and students. 
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Castro approved of the Martial Law years, as reflected in his decisions, opinions and public statements. In one of the cases involving the writ of habeas corpus of President <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/595/today-in-philippine-history-september-11-1917-ferdinand-e-marcos-was-born-in-sarrat-ilocos-norte" class="news_link">Ferdinand Marcos</a>' critic Senator <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/778/today-in-philippine-history-november-27-1932-benigno-aquino-jr-was-born-in-concepcion-tarlac" class="news_link">Benigno Aquino, Jr.</a>, he said, in a concurring opinion, that the declaration of Martial Law automatically suspends the application of the said writ, thus effectively depriving the former senator of such privilege.
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In a speech to the <i>8th World Peace Through Law Conference</i> held in Manila, Castro proclaimed:
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“Martial law is known to the west as the drastic solution to a violent situation ... In the Philippines, this primary purpose remains, but it has been enlarged to embrace also the extirpation of the ills and conditions which spawned the riots, the anarchy and the rebellion!”
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September 2, 1914: Fred Ruiz Castro was born in Laoag, Ilocos Norte