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| Fallah v RL LRSC 14 (2011) | 2011, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2011 Opinions, affirmed, Appellate Review, CCTV testimony, child victim, confrontation clause, Criminal Court E, Criminal Law, first degree rape, in camera testimony, indictment, Life Imprisonment, medical evidence, Montserrado County, prior testimony, Rape, sentencing, sexual offenses, sufficient evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial de novo | 2011-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | 2011-opinions affirmed appellate-review cctv-testimony child-victim confrontation-clause criminal-court-e criminal-law first-degree-rape in-camera-testimony indictment life-imprisonment medical-evidence montserrado-county prior-testimony rape sentencing sexual-offenses sufficient-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia trial-de-novo | |
| Fartoma v RL LRSC 7 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, alibi defense, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Bushrod Island, circumstantial evidence, coroner’s report, criminal conspiracy, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, falsus in omnibus, falsus in uno, homicide, homicide investigation, impeachment, indictment, Jury Verdict, Liberia National Police, Life Imprisonment, Logan Town, Montserrado County, murder, new trial, Nolle Prosequi, reasonable doubt, rebuttal evidence, sentencing, severance, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness credibility | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions alibi-defense appellate-review burden-of-proof bushrod-island circumstantial-evidence coroners-report criminal-conspiracy criminal-facilitation criminal-law falsus-in-omnibus falsus-in-uno homicide homicide-investigation impeachment indictment jury-verdict liberia-national-police life-imprisonment logan-town montserrado-county murder new-trial nolle-prosequi reasonable-doubt rebuttal-evidence sentencing severance supreme-court-of-liberia witness-credibility | |
| Goffa et al. v Scott Goffa LRSC 15 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, announcement of appeal, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, curator’s deed, Due Process, Estate Administration, Heirship, Intestate Estate, inventory of estate, judicial error, Jurisdiction, Letters of Administration, Montserrado County, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Nunc Pro Tunc, petition for closure of estate, Probate Law, remand, right to appeal, sole beneficiary, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions announcement-of-appeal appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-law curators-deed due-process estate-administration heirship intestate-estate inventory-of-estate judicial-error jurisdiction letters-of-administration montserrado-county notice-of-completion-of-appeal nunc-pro-tunc petition-for-closure-of-estate probate-law remand right-to-appeal sole-beneficiary statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | |
| Hadir v Weeks et al. LRSC 20 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, appearance of counsel, appellate procedure, cancellation of lease, Civil Procedure, default of appearance, dismissal, lease agreement, mandate, Motion to Dismiss, release, settlement, stipulation of withdrawal, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions appearance-of-counsel appellate-procedure cancellation-of-lease civil-procedure default-of-appearance dismissal lease-agreement mandate motion-to-dismiss release settlement stipulation-of-withdrawal supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal | |
| Harouni v Griegre LRSC 21 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, action of debt, Appellate Review, bill of quantities, burden of proof, civil law, Contract Law, Debt Action, dismissal without prejudice, express contract, implied contract, invoices and delivery notes, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, pleading requirements, renovation contract, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions action-of-debt appellate-review bill-of-quantities burden-of-proof civil-law contract-law debt-action dismissal-without-prejudice express-contract implied-contract invoices-and-delivery-notes montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss pleading-requirements renovation-contract subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| In re Contempt Proceedings against Sieh (Front Page) LRSC 10 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, abuse of constitutional rights, apology order, appellate jurisdiction, Code of Ethics of Journalists, constitutional law, contempt of court, criminal contempt, defamation versus contempt, dignity of the court, fine and imprisonment, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, interference with administration of justice, judicial authority, judicial independence, media law, press ethics, recusal, sub judice, Supreme Court of Liberia | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions abuse-of-constitutional-rights apology-order appellate-jurisdiction code-of-ethics-of-journalists constitutional-law contempt-of-court criminal-contempt defamation-versus-contempt dignity-of-the-court fine-and-imprisonment freedom-of-speech freedom-of-the-press interference-with-administration-of-justice judicial-authority judicial-independence media-law press-ethics recusal sub-judice supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Intestate Estate of Mayson v Paye et al LRSC 5 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, adjudicated area, appeal as of right, Appellate Review, arbitration, Arbitration Award, Bill of information, board of surveyors, Certiorari, Chambers Justice, civil law, CPLR Chapter 5, encroachment, Enforcement of Judgment, escrow of rents, Final Judgment, interlocutory ruling, intervention, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, land registration, mandamus, mandate, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, motion to vacate, party litigant, petition for writ of mandamus, probate proceedings, procedural abuse, Prohibition, public land sale deed, Real Property, registered land law, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Standing, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, warranty deed, writ of possession | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions adjudicated-area appeal-as-of-right appellate-review arbitration arbitration-award bill-of-information board-of-surveyors certiorari chambers-justice civil-law cplr-chapter-5 encroachment enforcement-of-judgment escrow-of-rents final-judgment interlocutory-ruling intervention intestate-estate investigative-survey land-dispute land-registration mandamus mandate metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-to-intervene motion-to-vacate party-litigant petition-for-writ-of-mandamus probate-proceedings procedural-abuse prohibition public-land-sale-deed real-property registered-land-law sixth-judicial-circuit standing summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed warranty-deed writ-of-possession | |
| Karngar v Goodridge LRSC 31 (2011) | 2011 | “wrong rule” doctrine, 1LCLR §41.2(1), 2011 Opinions, Appellate Review, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, claim preclusion, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, Conflict of Interest, Congo Town, court records, Default Judgment, disciplinary investigation, Due Process, Ejectment, entry of judgment, eviction, exception to prohibition-after-judgment rule, Grievance and Ethics Committee, Judicial Inquiry Commission, judicial misconduct, Judicial Notice, Jury Trial, lack of jurisdiction on the face of the record, Legal Ethics, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, notice of assignment, prior judgment, prohibition proceedings, Property Law, Real Property, remedial writs, repossession, Res Judicata, Reversal, Service of Process, sheriff’s returns, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition, wrongful eviction | 2011-1 supreme-court | wrong-rule-doctrine 1lclr-%c2%a741-21 2011-opinions appellate-review civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law claim-preclusion code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics conflict-of-interest congo-town court-records default-judgment disciplinary-investigation due-process ejectment entry-of-judgment eviction exception-to-prohibition-after-judgment-rule grievance-and-ethics-committee judicial-inquiry-commission judicial-misconduct judicial-notice jury-trial lack-of-jurisdiction-on-the-face-of-the-record legal-ethics ministry-of-justice montserrado-county notice-of-assignment prior-judgment prohibition-proceedings property-law real-property remedial-writs repossession res-judicata reversal service-of-process sheriffs-returns sixth-judicial-circuit solicitor-general supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition wrongful-eviction | |
| Kashouh et al v Heirs of Bernanrd et al LRSC 8 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, Appellate Review, assignment of lease, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia rate, Commercial Dispute, continuance, currency of payment, day in court, Debt Action, Debt Court, Default Judgment, Due Process, effect of filing writ on proceedings, Evidence, interest, judgment affirmed with modification, Jurisdiction, lease agreement, lessor-lessee, Liberian dollar, modification of judgment, money judgment, Montserrado County, notice of assignment, petition for writ of prohibition, remedial writ, rent arrears, six percent interest, statutory interest, Supreme Court of Liberia, United States dollar | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions appellate-review assignment-of-lease burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia-rate commercial-dispute continuance currency-of-payment day-in-court debt-action debt-court default-judgment due-process effect-of-filing-writ-on-proceedings evidence interest judgment-affirmed-with-modification jurisdiction lease-agreement lessor-lessee liberian-dollar modification-of-judgment money-judgment montserrado-county notice-of-assignment petition-for-writ-of-prohibition remedial-writ rent-arrears six-percent-interest statutory-interest supreme-court-of-liberia united-states-dollar | |
| Kiazolu v Cooper Hayes LRSC 26 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, abandonment by counsel, Appellate Review, arbitration, Arbitration Award, bearings and distances, boundary dispute, Brewerville, Chain of Title, civil law, damages, Ejectment, encroachment, Evidence, executor’s deed, fraud, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, metes and bounds, Mines & Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Lands, Montserrado County, motion to vacate arbitration award, notice of assignment, older title doctrine, pleading fraud with particularity, probated and registered deed, property ownership, public land sale deed, Real Property, sale to third parties, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title deed, Virginia Township, will, wrongful withholding | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions abandonment-by-counsel appellate-review arbitration arbitration-award bearings-and-distances boundary-dispute brewerville chain-of-title civil-law damages ejectment encroachment evidence executors-deed fraud intestate-estate investigative-survey land-dispute letters-of-administration metes-and-bounds mines-energy ministry-of-foreign-affairs ministry-of-lands montserrado-county motion-to-vacate-arbitration-award notice-of-assignment older-title-doctrine pleading-fraud-with-particularity probated-and-registered-deed property-ownership public-land-sale-deed real-property sale-to-third-parties sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-deed virginia-township will wrongful-withholding | |
| Konkai Freeman et al. v Eid LRSC 18 (2011) | 2011 | 2011-1 supreme-court | |||
| LBDI v Kuteh LRSC 29 (2011) | 2011 | 2011-1 supreme-court | |||
| Liberian National Union et al. v NEC LRSC 32 (2011) | 2011 | 2011-1 supreme-court | |||
| Liberty Party v NEC LRSC 13 (2011) | 2011 | Administrative Law, Article 80(d), Article 80(e), clear and unambiguous statute, constituency delineation, constitutional law, county boundaries, demarcation of constituencies, election law, electoral district reapportionment, electoral threshold, equal representation, extraordinary writ, fairness in elections, free and fair elections, international electoral standards, Joint Resolution LEG-002 (2010), June 2011 Opinions, Jurisdiction, legislative authority, National Elections Commission, one person one vote, petition denied, plain meaning rule, political question doctrine, population census, population growth and movement, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, stay order lifted, Supreme Court of Liberia, transparency in elections, voter registration figures, Writ of Prohibition | 2011-1 supreme-court | administrative-law article-80d article-80e clear-and-unambiguous-statute constituency-delineation constitutional-law county-boundaries demarcation-of-constituencies election-law electoral-district-reapportionment electoral-threshold equal-representation extraordinary-writ fairness-in-elections free-and-fair-elections international-electoral-standards joint-resolution-leg-002-2010 june-2011-opinions jurisdiction legislative-authority national-elections-commission one-person-one-vote petition-denied plain-meaning-rule political-question-doctrine population-census population-growth-and-movement separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation stay-order-lifted supreme-court-of-liberia transparency-in-elections voter-registration-figures writ-of-prohibition | |
| Mano River Argicultural Rehabilitation Corp. v Trombetta LRSC 25 ( 2011) | 2011 | 2011-1 supreme-court | |||
| Movement for Progressive Change et al versus The National Election Commission et al (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, administrative remedies, Appellate Review, Article 52(c), certification of candidates, civil war suspension of Constitution, constitutional amendment, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, elections law, electoral process, ex post facto, exhaustion of remedies, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, locus standi, National Elections Commission, NEC authority, political parties, presidential aspirants, presidential election, public interest litigation, qualification of candidates, referendum, residency requirement, separation of powers, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, treason allegation, Writ of Prohibition | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions administrative-remedies appellate-review article-52c certification-of-candidates civil-war-suspension-of-constitution constitutional-amendment constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law elections-law electoral-process ex-post-facto exhaustion-of-remedies judicial-review jurisdiction locus-standi national-elections-commission nec-authority political-parties presidential-aspirants presidential-election public-interest-litigation qualification-of-candidates referendum residency-requirement separation-of-powers standing supreme-court-of-liberia treason-allegation writ-of-prohibition | |
| Nagbe v Williams et al LRSC 4 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, Appellate Review, coroner’s report, Criminal Law, evidentiary sufficiency, hearsay evidence, homicide, indictment, Jury Verdict, manslaughter, modification of sentence, negligent homicide, Penal Code Law §14.2, Penal Code Law §14.3, police investigation, reckless conduct, River Gee County, sentencing, Statutory interpretation, subpoena of witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court discretion, variance of indictment | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions appellate-review coroners-report criminal-law evidentiary-sufficiency hearsay-evidence homicide indictment jury-verdict manslaughter modification-of-sentence negligent-homicide penal-code-law-%c2%a714-2 penal-code-law-%c2%a714-3 police-investigation reckless-conduct river-gee-county sentencing statutory-interpretation subpoena-of-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-discretion variance-of-indictment | |
| NASSCORP v Mayson et al LRSC 6 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, accrued benefits, administrative investigation, Administrative Law, Appellate Review, Article 20(a), burden of proof, compensation in lieu of reinstatement, constitutional law, contract of employment, Due Process, employee rights, employer discipline, gross breach of duty, hearing officer ruling, indefinite contract, Judicial Review, Labour Law, Ministry of Labour, Montserrado County, NASSCORP, National Labour Court, provident fund, reinstatement, summary dismissal, Supreme Court of Liberia, Wrongful Dismissal | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions accrued-benefits administrative-investigation administrative-law appellate-review article-20a burden-of-proof compensation-in-lieu-of-reinstatement constitutional-law contract-of-employment due-process employee-rights employer-discipline gross-breach-of-duty hearing-officer-ruling indefinite-contract judicial-review labour-law ministry-of-labour montserrado-county nasscorp national-labour-court provident-fund reinstatement summary-dismissal supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-dismissal | |
| National Election Commission v Liberty Party LRSC 2 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, Administrative Law, amendment of statute, Appellate Review, campaign finance, composition of NEC, constitutional law, declaratory judgment, Due Process, election law, Elections Commission, elections guidelines, foreign funding, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, mootness, National Elections Commission, party certification, political parties, premature campaigning, referendum, regulatory powers, Statutory interpretation, sua sponte citation, Supreme Court of Liberia | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions administrative-law amendment-of-statute appellate-review campaign-finance composition-of-nec constitutional-law declaratory-judgment due-process election-law elections-commission elections-guidelines foreign-funding jurisdiction montserrado-county mootness national-elections-commission party-certification political-parties premature-campaigning referendum regulatory-powers statutory-interpretation sua-sponte-citation supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| NEC v FAPL LRSC 16 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, amicable settlement, Appeal, appellate procedure, Civil Procedure, constitutional law, costs disallowed, election law, joint stipulation of withdrawal, mandate, National Elections Commission, party regulation, political parties, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal of appeal | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions amicable-settlement appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law costs-disallowed election-law joint-stipulation-of-withdrawal mandate national-elections-commission party-regulation political-parties supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal-of-appeal | |
| Nimely v Paye et al LRSC 11 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, age of consent, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Criminal Law, Due Process, Grand Gedeh County, indictment, Jurisdiction, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, Juvenile Procedural Code, Life Imprisonment, mens rea, Ministry of Justice, proof of age, Rape, release to parental custody, Reversal, sentencing, Seventh Judicial Circuit Court, statutory rape, strict liability, Supreme Court of Liberia, Zwedru | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions age-of-consent appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process grand-gedeh-county indictment jurisdiction juvenile-delinquency juvenile-justice juvenile-procedural-code life-imprisonment mens-rea ministry-of-justice proof-of-age rape release-to-parental-custody reversal sentencing seventh-judicial-circuit-court statutory-rape strict-liability supreme-court-of-liberia zwedru | |
| Nyander v RL LRSC 9 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, alibi defense, amendment of indictment, Appellate Review, Bong County, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, complicity, Conflict of Interest, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, evidentiary standards, homicide investigation, inconsistent verdicts, Jury Verdict, murder, new trial, Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, Penal Code Section 3.1, professional ethics, reasonable doubt, reversal and remand, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions alibi-defense amendment-of-indictment appellate-review bong-county burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence complicity conflict-of-interest criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure-law evidentiary-standards homicide-investigation inconsistent-verdicts jury-verdict murder new-trial ninth-judicial-circuit-court penal-code-section-3-1 professional-ethics reasonable-doubt reversal-and-remand supreme-court-of-liberia variance | |
| Prim Africa, Inc. v Pealat Liberia Inc. LRSC 28 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, affirmance, amended complaint, Appellate Review, assignment of lease, bona fide purchaser, burden of proof, civil law, CPLR §25.17, CPLR §26.4, credibility of witnesses, due diligence, Ejectment, eviction, forgery, fraud, Gardnersville, Handwriting Evidence, intervention, Jury Trial, landlord and tenant, lease agreement, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion to intervene, National Housing Authority, older title doctrine, priority of title, proof of handwriting, Property Law, Real Property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, statute of frauds, Stephen Tolbert Estate, summary proceeding to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, verdict, weight of the evidence, written consent to assignment | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions affirmance amended-complaint appellate-review assignment-of-lease bona-fide-purchaser burden-of-proof civil-law cplr-%c2%a725-17 cplr-%c2%a726-4 credibility-of-witnesses due-diligence ejectment eviction forgery fraud gardnersville handwriting-evidence intervention jury-trial landlord-and-tenant lease-agreement montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-intervene national-housing-authority older-title-doctrine priority-of-title proof-of-handwriting property-law real-property sixth-judicial-circuit statute-of-frauds stephen-tolbert-estate summary-proceeding-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia verdict weight-of-the-evidence written-consent-to-assignment | |
| Quarteng Mensah v Urey LRSC 17 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, Appeal, appellate procedure, Civil Procedure, judgment without opinion, judicial economy, mandate to trial court, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, procedural disposition, resumption of jurisdiction, settlement, stipulation of withdrawal, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court of Liberia practice, voluntary dismissal, withdrawal of appeal | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure judgment-without-opinion judicial-economy mandate-to-trial-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss procedural-disposition resumption-of-jurisdiction settlement stipulation-of-withdrawal supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-of-liberia-practice voluntary-dismissal withdrawal-of-appeal | |
| Sheriff v Mulbah et al. LRSC 22 (2011) | 2011 | 2011 Opinions, aborigine land grant, Adverse Possession, Appellate Review, boundary dispute, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, communal land, declaratory judgment, Ejectment, encroachment, Evidence, government consent to sale, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, judgment by default, Jury Verdict, Lakpazee, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, Matadi, miscarriage of justice, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Necessary Parties, prior possession, probated and registered deed, property ownership, Real Property, Res Judicata, Sinkor, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, weight of the evidence, wrongful withholding | 2011-1 supreme-court | 2011-opinions aborigine-land-grant adverse-possession appellate-review boundary-dispute burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law communal-land declaratory-judgment ejectment encroachment evidence government-consent-to-sale intestate-estate investigative-survey judgment-by-default jury-verdict lakpazee land-dispute letters-of-administration matadi miscarriage-of-justice montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial necessary-parties prior-possession probated-and-registered-deed property-ownership real-property res-judicata sinkor sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed weight-of-the-evidence wrongful-withholding | |
| Solo et al. v Suah et al. LRSC 24 (2011) | 2011 | 2011-1 supreme-court | |||
| Southeast Resource Ltd. v Forestry Development Authority LRSC 30 (2011) | 2011 | 2011-1 supreme-court | |||
| Super Petroleum Co. v Total Liberia Inc. LRSC 19 (2011) | 2011 | 2011-1 supreme-court | |||
| Turay v Dine LRSC 27 (2011) | 2011 | 2011-1 supreme-court | |||
| Walters et al. v Inter Con Security Systems LRSC 23 (2011) | 2011 | 2011-1 supreme-court | |||
| Williams v Tah et al LRSC 12 (2011) | 2011 | 2011-1 supreme-court |
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