deaths
August 17, 1949
Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (born 1891)
Gregorio Perfecto
Gregorio Milián Perfecto was a Filipino journalist, politician and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1945 to 1949. A controversial figure who was described as an "apostle of liberal causes", Perfecto was notable for his libertarian views, his colorful writing style, and the frequency of his dissenting opinions while on the Supreme Court.