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| Abu Bana Kamara vs. National Elections Commission (2017) | 2017, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2017 Opinions, abuse of office prevention, administrative hearing, Administrative Law, amendment of statute, Appeal Procedure, Article 56(a), candidate nomination, Code of Conduct for Public Officials, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, District #15, Due Process, ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, egregious violation standard, election dispute resolution, elections law, eligibility for public office, Judicial Review, Montserrado County, National Elections Commission, political participation, presidential appointees, prior-resignation requirement, retroactivity challenge, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | abu-bana-kamara-vs-national-elections-commission-2017 | 2017-opinions abuse-of-office-prevention administrative-hearing administrative-law amendment-of-statute appeal-procedure article-56a candidate-nomination code-of-conduct-for-public-officials constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law district-15 due-process ecowas-protocol-on-democracy-and-good-governance egregious-violation-standard election-dispute-resolution elections-law eligibility-for-public-office judicial-review montserrado-county national-elections-commission political-participation presidential-appointees prior-resignation-requirement retroactivity-challenge statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2017-1 constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Boakai v. National Elections Commission (NEC) (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2017 Opinions, Appellate Review, Article 83 Constitution, bias and prejudice, Bill of information, cleanup of voter roll, constitutional law, constitutional timetable, contempt of court, election law, election scheduling, electoral administration, electoral disputes, electoral irregularities, execution of mandate, Final Registration Roll, fraud allegations, FRR, gross irregularities, improper execution, Judicial Notice, legislative authority, mandate of the Supreme Court, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Elections Commission, NEC, October 10 2017 elections, presidential election, publication of FRR, reargument versus bill of information, recusal of election officials, run-off election, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, vice presidential election, voter registration, Writ of Prohibition | boakai-v-national-elections-commission-nec-2017 | 2017-opinions appellate-review article-83-constitution bias-and-prejudice bill-of-information cleanup-of-voter-roll constitutional-law constitutional-timetable contempt-of-court election-law election-scheduling electoral-administration electoral-disputes electoral-irregularities execution-of-mandate final-registration-roll fraud-allegations frr gross-irregularities improper-execution judicial-notice legislative-authority mandate-of-the-supreme-court motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-elections-commission nec october-10-2017-elections presidential-election publication-of-frr reargument-versus-bill-of-information recusal-of-election-officials run-off-election separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia vice-presidential-election voter-registration writ-of-prohibition | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Brumskine et al V. NEC (2017) | 2017, Elections Law, Evidence Law | brumskine-et-al-v-nec-2017 | 2017-1 elections-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |||
| Brumskine v. National Elections Commission (NEC) (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2017 Opinions, administrative tribunal, alternative writ, Appellate Review, Article 20(a), Article 83(a), Article 83(b), Article 83(c), complaint procedure, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, Due Process, Election Dispute, elections law, electoral fraud, exhaustion of remedies, Expeditious Hearing, gross irregularities, harmonization of constitutional provisions, impartial investigation, Judicial Review, National Elections Commission, NEC jurisdiction, peremptory writ, petition for writ of prohibition, postponement of run-off, run-off election, separation of powers, stay order, Supreme Court of Liberia, validity of votes | brumskine-v-national-elections-commission-nec-2017 | 2017-opinions administrative-tribunal alternative-writ appellate-review article-20a article-83a article-83b article-83c complaint-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process election-dispute elections-law electoral-fraud exhaustion-of-remedies expeditious-hearing gross-irregularities harmonization-of-constitutional-provisions impartial-investigation judicial-review national-elections-commission nec-jurisdiction peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-prohibition postponement-of-run-off run-off-election separation-of-powers stay-order supreme-court-of-liberia validity-of-votes | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dehkee vs. His Honor J. Boima Kontoe (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law | 2017 Opinions, appellate supervision, Assigned Circuit Judge, Bill of information, Certificate of Withdrawal, civil law, costs and fees, docket stricken, Ejectment, extra-judicial settlement, landlord and tenant, Montserrado County, payment receipt and release, real property law, recovery of possession, settlement agreement, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary withdrawal | dehkee-vs-his-honor-j-boima-kontoe-2017 | 2017-opinions appellate-supervision assigned-circuit-judge bill-of-information certificate-of-withdrawal civil-law costs-and-fees docket-stricken ejectment extra-judicial-settlement landlord-and-tenant montserrado-county payment-receipt-and-release real-property-law recovery-of-possession settlement-agreement summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-withdrawal | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Doegbeh v. Williams LRSC 2 (2017) | 2017, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, Adverse Possession, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, authentication of deed, certificate of non-discovery, Chain of Title, civil law, Conflict of Interest, decedent estates law, Ejectment, encroachment, estate representation, eviction, Fraudulent Deed, Grand Gedeh County, heirs property rights, intervention, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, legal capacity to sue, Legal Ethics, Letters of Administration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, motion to intervene, new trial, power of attorney, probate and registration of deed, Probate Division, Property Law, public land sale deed, real party in interest, restitution of possession, reversal and remand, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Timeliness, title deed, trial irregularity, wrongful withholding, Zwedru City | doegbeh-v-williams-lrsc-2-2017 | 2017-opinions adverse-possession appellate-review attorney-in-fact authentication-of-deed certificate-of-non-discovery chain-of-title civil-law conflict-of-interest decedent-estates-law ejectment encroachment estate-representation eviction fraudulent-deed grand-gedeh-county heirs-property-rights intervention intestate-estate jury-verdict land-dispute legal-capacity-to-sue legal-ethics letters-of-administration ministry-of-foreign-affairs-archives motion-to-intervene new-trial power-of-attorney probate-and-registration-of-deed probate-division property-law public-land-sale-deed real-party-in-interest restitution-of-possession reversal-and-remand seventh-judicial-circuit standing supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness title-deed trial-irregularity wrongful-withholding zwedru-city | 2017-1 family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| IN RE Cllr. Gibson LRSC 5 (2017) | 2017, Ethics | 2017 Opinions, accounting for client funds, Amici Curiae, Attorney Discipline, breach of confidence, Code for the Moral and Ethical Conduct of Lawyers, contemptuous conduct, conversion of client funds, Debt Court Montserrado County, disciplinary proceedings, Due Process, Fiduciary Duty, Grievance and Ethics Committee, Lawyer-Client Relationship, Legal Ethics, misappropriation of client funds, Professional Responsibility, Restitution, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension from practice | in-re-cllr-gibson-lrsc-5-2017 | 2017-opinions accounting-for-client-funds amici-curiae attorney-discipline breach-of-confidence code-for-the-moral-and-ethical-conduct-of-lawyers contemptuous-conduct conversion-of-client-funds debt-court-montserrado-county disciplinary-proceedings due-process fiduciary-duty grievance-and-ethics-committee lawyer-client-relationship legal-ethics misappropriation-of-client-funds professional-responsibility restitution supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-from-practice | 2017-1 ethics supreme-court | |
| IN RE Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) Report Against His Honor Joe Paegar LRSC 4 (2017) | 2017, Customary Law, Ethics | 2017 Opinions, abuse of judicial office, Amici Curiae, ancestral land, associate magistrate, Canon Thirty-One, Canon Twenty-Five, Conflict of Interest, customary land, Due Process, forfeiture of salary, Grand Bassa County, illegal sale of land, JIC report, Judicial Canons, judicial discipline, judicial ethics, Judicial Inquiry Commission, land administration, land grabbing, magistrates court, Professional Misconduct, public confidence in judiciary, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension from office, Wee Statutory District | in-re-judicial-inquiry-commission-jic-report-against-his-honor-joe-paegar-lrsc-4-2017 | 2017-opinions abuse-of-judicial-office amici-curiae ancestral-land associate-magistrate canon-thirty-one canon-twenty-five conflict-of-interest customary-land due-process forfeiture-of-salary grand-bassa-county illegal-sale-of-land jic-report judicial-canons judicial-discipline judicial-ethics judicial-inquiry-commission land-administration land-grabbing magistrates-court professional-misconduct public-confidence-in-judiciary supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-from-office wee-statutory-district | 2017-1 customary-law ethics supreme-court | |
| IN RE Sillah, Sr. et. al LRSC 9 (2017) | 2017, Constitutional Law, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2017 Opinions, Admission Requirements, Article 75 Constitution of Liberia, Bar Admission, Bar Examination, Board of Bar Examiners, Code of Conduct, constitutional law, Continuing Legal Education, Counsellors-at-Law, Grievance and Ethics Committee, Judicial Oversight, Judiciary Law, Legal Ethics, legal practice, Legal Profession, Liberian National Bar Association, Moral and Ethics Committee, procedural requirements, Professional Discipline, standard of legal practice, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-sillah-sr-et-al-lrsc-9-2017 | 2017-opinions admission-requirements article-75-constitution-of-liberia bar-admission bar-examination board-of-bar-examiners code-of-conduct constitutional-law continuing-legal-education counsellors-at-law grievance-and-ethics-committee judicial-oversight judiciary-law legal-ethics legal-practice legal-profession liberian-national-bar-association moral-and-ethics-committee procedural-requirements professional-discipline standard-of-legal-practice supreme-court-of-liberia | 2017-1 constitutional-law-cases ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Johnson v. Unity Party (2017) | 2017, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | johnson-v-unity-party-2017 | 2017-1 constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |||
| Karnwea et al V. National Elections Commission (NEC) (2017) | 2017, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | karnwea-et-al-v-national-elections-commission-nec-2017 | 2017-1 constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |||
| Liberia National Union (LINU) v. Johnson (2017) | 2017, Elections Law | liberia-national-union-linu-v-johnson-2017 | 2017-1 elections-law-cases supreme-court | |||
| Liminco v. Judge Paye et al. LRSC1 (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics | 2017 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, arbitration clause, assignment of rights, breach of contract, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Interest, conflict of jurisdiction, constitutional law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Default Judgment, Due Process, ECOWAS Court, Enforcement of Judgment, Estoppel, fraud, iron ore agreement, judicial misconduct, Jurisdiction, Legal Ethics, Mining Law, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, Natural Resources, notice of assignment, public auction, Receivership, Reversal, Service of Process, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special jury, Supreme Court of Liberia, verification of pleadings, Writ of Prohibition | liminco-v-judge-paye-et-al-lrsc1-2017 | 2017-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-review arbitration-clause assignment-of-rights breach-of-contract civil-procedure conflict-of-interest conflict-of-jurisdiction constitutional-law contract-law corporate-law default-judgment due-process ecowas-court enforcement-of-judgment estoppel fraud iron-ore-agreement judicial-misconduct jurisdiction legal-ethics mining-law ministry-of-justice montserrado-county natural-resources notice-of-assignment public-auction receivership reversal service-of-process sixth-judicial-circuit special-jury supreme-court-of-liberia verification-of-pleadings writ-of-prohibition | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases constitutional-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| Magna Diversified v. Mandra Forestry Liberia (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2017 Opinions, action of damages, Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, asset valuation certificate, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 63.2, defective bond, dismissal of appeal, financial capacity, indemnity bond, insurance company, liquidity requirement, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, Mutual Benefits Assurance Company, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, sufficiency of bond, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety | magna-diversified-v-mandra-forestry-liberia-2017 | 2017-opinions action-of-damages appeal appeal-bond appellate-procedure asset-valuation-certificate central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-63-2 defective-bond dismissal-of-appeal financial-capacity indemnity-bond insurance-company liquidity-requirement montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss mutual-benefits-assurance-company sixth-judicial-circuit-court sufficiency-of-bond supreme-court-of-liberia surety | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mappy Polson v. R.L LRSC 6 (2017) | 2017, Constitutional Law, Elections Law, Governance Law | 2017 Opinions, abuse of public office, Article 11 Constitution, Article 2 Constitution, Article 77 Constitution, Article 90 Constitution, Bong County, Code of Conduct Act, compelling state interest, Conflict of Interest, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, declaratory judgment, democracy, discrimination, electoral integrity, eligibility for elective office, equal protection, governance, Judicial Review, legislative power, ombudsman, political participation, presidential appointees, public officials, Public Policy, resignation requirement, right to be voted for, right to vote, sanctions, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, strict scrutiny, Supreme Court of Liberia | mappy-polson-v-r-l-lrsc-6-2017 | 2017-opinions abuse-of-public-office article-11-constitution article-2-constitution article-77-constitution article-90-constitution bong-county code-of-conduct-act compelling-state-interest conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law declaratory-judgment democracy discrimination electoral-integrity eligibility-for-elective-office equal-protection governance judicial-review legislative-power ombudsman political-participation presidential-appointees public-officials public-policy resignation-requirement right-to-be-voted-for right-to-vote sanctions separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation strict-scrutiny supreme-court-of-liberia | 2017-1 constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases governance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mappy Polson v. R.L LRSC 7 (2017) (Dissenting Opinion) | 2017, Anti-Corruption, Constitutional Law, Dissenting Opinions, Elections Law, Governance Law | 2016 Opinions, Article 11 Constitution Liberia, Article 2 Constitution Liberia, Article 77 Constitution Liberia, Article 90 Constitution Liberia, Code of Conduct Act 2014, constitutional law, constitutional supremacy, declaratory judgment, discrimination, Dissenting Opinion, Due Process, electoral law, eligibility for public office, equal protection, freedom of association, Judicial Review, political rights, presidential appointees, Public Policy, resignation requirement, right to vote, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia | mappy-polson-v-r-l-lrsc-7-2017-dissenting-opinion | 2016-opinions article-11-constitution-liberia article-2-constitution-liberia article-77-constitution-liberia article-90-constitution-liberia code-of-conduct-act-2014 constitutional-law constitutional-supremacy declaratory-judgment discrimination dissenting-opinion due-process electoral-law eligibility-for-public-office equal-protection freedom-of-association judicial-review political-rights presidential-appointees public-policy resignation-requirement right-to-vote separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia | 2017-1 anti-corruption constitutional-law-cases dissenting-opinions elections-law-cases governance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mappy Polson v. R.L LRSC 8 (2017) (Dissenting Opinion) | 2017, Constitutional Law, Dissenting Opinions, Elections Law, Governance Law | 2017 Opinions, Article 5 Constitution, Article 77 Constitution, Article 90 Constitution, Bong County, Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest, constitutional law, declaratory judgment, Dissenting Opinion, electoral competition, eligibility for public office, equal protection, fundamental rights, Judicial Review, legislative authority, political participation, presidential appointees, Public Policy, resignation requirement, sanctions for breach of code of conduct, separation of powers, severability of statutes, Supreme Court of Liberia | mappy-polson-v-r-l-lrsc-8-2017-dissenting-opinion | 2017-opinions article-5-constitution article-77-constitution article-90-constitution bong-county code-of-conduct conflict-of-interest constitutional-law declaratory-judgment dissenting-opinion electoral-competition eligibility-for-public-office equal-protection fundamental-rights judicial-review legislative-authority political-participation presidential-appointees public-policy resignation-requirement sanctions-for-breach-of-code-of-conduct separation-of-powers severability-of-statutes supreme-court-of-liberia | 2017-1 constitutional-law-cases dissenting-opinions elections-law-cases governance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mensah v. Daramy (2017) | 2017, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | abuse of trust, accounting, administration of estate, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, closure of estate, conveyance inter vivos, costs taxed, customary marriage, Decedents Estates Law, deeded property, distribution of estate, Due Process, elective share, estate mismanagement, falsification of court records, Fiduciary Duty, fraud on the court, inheritance rights, Intestate Estate, inventory of estate, judicial misconduct, Judicial Notice, Jurisdiction, land ownership, Letters of Administration, matrimonial home, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiple widows, pending action doctrine, probate court procedure, Probate Law, property excluded from estate, Real Property, remand with instructions, revocation of letters of administration, right to hearing, statutory marriage, surviving spouse, suspension of administrator, widow’s dower rights | mensah-v-daramy-2017 | abuse-of-trust accounting administration-of-estate appellate-review bill-of-exceptions closure-of-estate conveyance-inter-vivos costs-taxed customary-marriage decedents-estates-law deeded-property distribution-of-estate due-process elective-share estate-mismanagement falsification-of-court-records fiduciary-duty fraud-on-the-court inheritance-rights intestate-estate inventory-of-estate judicial-misconduct judicial-notice jurisdiction land-ownership letters-of-administration matrimonial-home monrovia montserrado-county multiple-widows pending-action-doctrine probate-court-procedure probate-law property-excluded-from-estate real-property remand-with-instructions revocation-of-letters-of-administration right-to-hearing statutory-marriage surviving-spouse suspension-of-administrator widows-dower-rights | 2017-1 family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| National Elections Commission (NEC) v. Brumskine et al. (2017) (Dissent) | 2017, Constitutional Law, Dissenting Opinions, Elections Law, Evidence Law | 2017 Elections, 2017 Opinions, addendum to voter roll, ballot integrity, constitutional law, Dissenting Opinion, duplicate voter ID, election irregularities, election law, electoral dispute, electoral fraud, Final Registration Roll (FRR), judicial review of elections, Justice Kabina Ja’neh, Liberty Party, mandate to NEC, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Elections Commission (NEC), October 10, polling and counting procedures, presidential election, presiding officer worksheet, run-off election, stay order, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unity Party, valid votes cast, voter registration | national-elections-commission-nec-v-brumskine-et-al-2017-dissent | 2017-elections 2017-opinions addendum-to-voter-roll ballot-integrity constitutional-law dissenting-opinion duplicate-voter-id election-irregularities election-law electoral-dispute electoral-fraud final-registration-roll-frr judicial-review-of-elections justice-kabina-janeh liberty-party mandate-to-nec motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-elections-commission-nec october-10 polling-and-counting-procedures presidential-election presiding-officer-worksheet run-off-election stay-order supreme-court-of-liberia unity-party valid-votes-cast voter-registration | 2017-1 constitutional-law-cases dissenting-opinions elections-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| National Elections Commission (NEC) v. Siebo (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Elections Law | 2017 Opinions, Administrative Law, appellate procedure, Article 79 Constitution, Bill of Exceptions, candidate nomination, constitutional law, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, District 1, Due Process, election law, electoral integrity, headquarters requirement, House of Representatives election, independent candidate, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, mandatory compliance, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Elections Commission, NEC regulations, nomination rejection, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, Procedural Default, Public Policy, recognizance requirement, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia | national-elections-commission-nec-v-siebo-2017 | 2017-opinions administrative-law appellate-procedure article-79-constitution bill-of-exceptions candidate-nomination constitutional-law dismissal-for-lack-of-jurisdiction district-1 due-process election-law electoral-integrity headquarters-requirement house-of-representatives-election independent-candidate judicial-review jurisdiction mandatory-compliance montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-elections-commission nec-regulations nomination-rejection notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal procedural-default public-policy recognizance-requirement statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Pratt v. Milton (2017) | 2017, Contract Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, administratrix cum testamento annexo, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Capacity to Sue, civil law, Civil Law Court, damages, Ejectment, enforcement of judgments, Estate Administration, eviction, expiration of lease, Judicial Notice, landlord and tenant, lease agreement, Letters of Administration, Monrovia City Court, Montserrado County, option to renew lease, Probate Law, Property Law, Real Property, restitution of possession, scope of appellate review, Statutory interpretation, sua sponte error, summary proceedings to recover real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate, uncertainty of contract, wrongful withholding | pratt-v-milton-2017 | 2017-opinions administratrix-cum-testamento-annexo appeal appellate-review bill-of-exceptions capacity-to-sue civil-law civil-law-court damages ejectment enforcement-of-judgments estate-administration eviction expiration-of-lease judicial-notice landlord-and-tenant lease-agreement letters-of-administration monrovia-city-court montserrado-county option-to-renew-lease probate-law property-law real-property restitution-of-possession scope-of-appellate-review statutory-interpretation sua-sponte-error summary-proceedings-to-recover-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate uncertainty-of-contract wrongful-withholding | 2017-1 contract-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sayon et al v. The 14th Episcopal District AME Church (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, civil law, Ejectment, Estoppel, eviction, fraudulent title claim, general damages, judgment during trial, Jury Trial, lease agreement, missionary property exception, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, property ownership, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenancy, title deed, trustee ownership, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | sayon-et-al-v-the-14th-episcopal-district-ame-church-2017 | 2017-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review civil-law ejectment estoppel eviction fraudulent-title-claim general-damages judgment-during-trial jury-trial lease-agreement missionary-property-exception montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial property-ownership sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia tenancy title-deed trustee-ownership writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sherman et al v The Republic of Liberia (2017) | 2017, Anti-Corruption, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 2017 Opinions, Appeal, attorney-client privilege, bank secrecy, banking records, bribery allegations, Central Bank of Liberia Act, Civil Procedure Law, constitutional law, corruption investigation, Criminal Assizes C, criminal investigation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure Law Sections 17.2 and 17.3, Due Process, Financial Institutions Act, Global Witness report, H. Varney G. Sherman, Inc., intervention, Jurisdiction, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), limits of privilege, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, motion to quash, pre-trial investigation, right to privacy, self-incrimination, Sherman and Sherman, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ practice | sherman-et-al-v-the-republic-of-liberia-2017 sherman-v-rl-2017 | 2017-opinions appeal attorney-client-privilege bank-secrecy banking-records bribery-allegations central-bank-of-liberia-act civil-procedure-law constitutional-law corruption-investigation criminal-assizes-c criminal-investigation criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-law-sections-17-2-and-17-3 due-process financial-institutions-act global-witness-report h-varney-g-sherman inc intervention jurisdiction liberia-anti-corruption-commission-lacc limits-of-privilege ministry-of-justice montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss motion-to-quash pre-trial-investigation right-to-privacy self-incrimination sherman-and-sherman subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia writ-practice | 2017-1 anti-corruption banking-law constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Sulunteh et al v. Nec et al (2017) | 2017, Constitutional Law, Elections Law, Governance Law | 2017 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Administrative Law, arbitrariness and caprice, candidate screening, Code of Conduct Act 2014, constitutional law, disqualification, Due Process, election law, hearing requirement, Judicial Review, Montserrado County, National Elections Commission, notice, political participation, political party nomination, prior-resignation requirement, remand, right to be voted for, sanctions, Supreme Court of Liberia, vice presidential nominee | sulunteh-et-al-v-nec-et-al-2017 | 2017-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrative-law arbitrariness-and-caprice candidate-screening code-of-conduct-act-2014 constitutional-law disqualification due-process election-law hearing-requirement judicial-review montserrado-county national-elections-commission notice political-participation political-party-nomination prior-resignation-requirement remand right-to-be-voted-for sanctions supreme-court-of-liberia vice-presidential-nominee | 2017-1 constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases governance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Diana Coleman Cooper v. the Estate of the Late Johnson LRSC 3 (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Law Court, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Estate Administration, Intestate Estate, Jurisdiction, mandatory statutory requirements, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, Procedural Default, Property Dispute, Sixth Judicial Circuit, standing and capacity to sue, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-intestate-estate-of-diana-coleman-cooper-v-the-estate-of-the-late-johnson-lrsc-3-2017 | 2017-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-law-court dismissal-of-appeal ejectment estate-administration intestate-estate jurisdiction mandatory-statutory-requirements montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal procedural-default property-dispute sixth-judicial-circuit standing-and-capacity-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Liberia Services Corp. v. Monrovia City Corporation (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law | 2016 Opinions, Appeal, cancellation of contract, Certificate of Withdrawal, civil law, contract dispute, costs and fees, docket stricken, Escrow Account, joint notice of withdrawal, Liberia Services Corporation, Monrovia, Monrovia City Corporation, Montserrado County, municipal governance, out-of-court settlement, release of escrow funds, service contract, settlement agreement, sheriff of the court, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary discontinuance, voluntary withdrawal | the-management-of-liberia-services-corp-v-monrovia-city-corporation-2017 | 2016-opinions appeal cancellation-of-contract certificate-of-withdrawal civil-law contract-dispute costs-and-fees docket-stricken escrow-account joint-notice-of-withdrawal liberia-services-corporation monrovia monrovia-city-corporation montserrado-county municipal-governance out-of-court-settlement release-of-escrow-funds service-contract settlement-agreement sheriff-of-the-court supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-discontinuance voluntary-withdrawal | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court |