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Document Category Dissenting Opinions
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| Citizens Solidarity Council v The Government of the Republic of Liberia (RL) LRSC 21 (2016) (DIssent) | Constitutional Law, Dissenting Opinions | 1847 Constitution, 1986 Constitution, 2016 Opinions, advocacy organizations, Article 2 Constitution, Article 26 Constitution, Article 90 Constitution, case or controversy doctrine, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law Section 11.2, Code of Conduct Act, comparative constitutional law, Conflict of Interest, Constitutional Advisory Assembly, constitutional law, constitutional rights enforcement, constitutional supremacy, declaratory judgment, democratic participation, discrimination, Due Process, elections law, equal protection, executive authority, executive overreach, foreign jurisprudence, governance, interpretation of constitutional history, Judicial Review, legislative authority, legislative overreach, political association, political rights, public interest litigation, public officials ethics, Public Policy, retroactivity, self-executing constitutional provisions, separation of powers, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, United States Constitution | citizens-solidarity-council-v-the-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-rl-lrsc-21-2016 | 1847-constitution 1986-constitution 2016-opinions advocacy-organizations article-2-constitution article-26-constitution article-90-constitution case-or-controversy-doctrine civil-procedure civil-procedure-law-section-11-2 code-of-conduct-act comparative-constitutional-law conflict-of-interest constitutional-advisory-assembly constitutional-law constitutional-rights-enforcement constitutional-supremacy declaratory-judgment democratic-participation discrimination due-process elections-law equal-protection executive-authority executive-overreach foreign-jurisprudence governance interpretation-of-constitutional-history judicial-review legislative-authority legislative-overreach political-association political-rights public-interest-litigation public-officials-ethics public-policy retroactivity self-executing-constitutional-provisions separation-of-powers standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia united-states-constitution | constitutional-law-cases dissenting-opinions supreme-court | |
| Gweh et al v Jah (2025) Dissent | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Dissenting Opinions, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal, appellate procedure, civil law, Civil Law Court, Dissenting Opinion, Ejectment, lawyer negligence, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Paynesville, Procedural Default, right to appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, transcription of records | gweh-et-al-v-jah-2025-dissent | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appeal appellate-procedure civil-law civil-law-court dissenting-opinion ejectment lawyer-negligence montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal paynesville procedural-default right-to-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia transcription-of-records | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases dissenting-opinions property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| K & H Construction Company v The Realty Trust of the late William E. Dennis, Sr LRSC 13 (2016) (Dissenting Opinion) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Dissenting Opinions, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, absence of returns, ancillary issues, appellate disagreement, Appellate Review, Article 65 Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, calculation of certain period, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, commencement of optional period, commercial lease, compliance with mandate, computation of lease period, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Contract Law, declaratory judgment, disagreement with majority, Dissenting Opinion, distinction between possession and contractual rights, enforcement of mandate, equitable considerations, estate property management, evidentiary insufficiency, execution of judgment, factual uncertainty, Houssenini v Jawhary, interpretation of contracts, interpretation vs enforcement of judgment, Jawhary v Ja’neh, judicial dissent, judicial reasoning, Judiciary Law Liberia, jurisdiction of lower court, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, K & H Construction Company, Kamara v Kindii, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, legal reasoning critique, loss of jurisdiction upon remand, minority opinion, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiple appeals, Nyumah v Kontoe, optional lease period, petition for declaratory judgment, precedent analysis, proper remedy, Real Property, Realty Trust, renewal clause, rental income sharing, scope of declaratory judgment, Sixth Judicial Circuit, standard of review, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, trust estate, trustee authority, William E. Dennis Estate | k-h-construction-company-v-the-realty-trust-of-the-late-william-e-dennis-sr-lrsc-13-2016-dissenting-opinion | 2016-opinions absence-of-returns ancillary-issues appellate-disagreement appellate-review article-65-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information calculation-of-certain-period civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law commencement-of-optional-period commercial-lease compliance-with-mandate computation-of-lease-period concurrent-jurisdiction contract-law declaratory-judgment disagreement-with-majority dissenting-opinion distinction-between-possession-and-contractual-rights enforcement-of-mandate equitable-considerations estate-property-management evidentiary-insufficiency execution-of-judgment factual-uncertainty houssenini-v-jawhary interpretation-of-contracts interpretation-vs-enforcement-of-judgment jawhary-v-janeh judicial-dissent judicial-reasoning judiciary-law-liberia jurisdiction-of-lower-court jurisdiction-of-supreme-court k-h-construction-company kamara-v-kindii landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest legal-reasoning-critique loss-of-jurisdiction-upon-remand minority-opinion monrovia montserrado-county multiple-appeals nyumah-v-kontoe optional-lease-period petition-for-declaratory-judgment precedent-analysis proper-remedy real-property realty-trust renewal-clause rental-income-sharing scope-of-declaratory-judgment sixth-judicial-circuit standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia trust-estate trustee-authority william-e-dennis-estate | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases dissenting-opinions property-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 | |
| 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 | |
| Speaker J. Fonati Koffa et al. v. Representative Richard N. Koon (2025) Dissenting Opinion | 2025, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Dissenting Opinions | acceptance of benefits, amended bill of information, appellate mandate, Article 2, Article 20, Article 3, Article 31, Article 33, Article 35, Article 49, Article 50, Article 66, Article 90, Bill of information, budget passage process, Conflict of Interest, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, constitutional supremacy, contempt powers, definition of mandate, Dissenting Opinion, Due Process, elections commission precedent, enforcement limits, Estoppel, executive approval, fiscal policy, FY2025 budget, House of Representatives, Jr., Jurisdiction, Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, LAMCO v. Azzam, legislative impasse, legislature, mandamus, mandate, national budget, oath of office, political question doctrine, presidential powers, presiding officer, Prohibition, Public Policy, quorum, removal of speaker, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule IV Part 12, self-preservation doctrine, Senate concurrence, separation of powers, Speaker dispute, state necessity, three coordinate branches, Timeliness, Waiver | speaker-j-fonati-koffa-et-al-v-representative-richard-n-koon-2025-dissenting-opinion | acceptance-of-benefits amended-bill-of-information appellate-mandate article-2 article-20 article-3 article-31 article-33 article-35 article-49 article-50 article-66 article-90 bill-of-information budget-passage-process conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-supremacy contempt-powers definition-of-mandate dissenting-opinion due-process elections-commission-precedent enforcement-limits estoppel executive-approval fiscal-policy fy2025-budget house-of-representatives jr jurisdiction justice-yamie-quiqui-gbeisay lamco-v-azzam legislative-impasse legislature mandamus mandate national-budget oath-of-office political-question-doctrine presidential-powers presiding-officer prohibition public-policy quorum removal-of-speaker revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court rule-iv-part-12 self-preservation-doctrine senate-concurrence separation-of-powers speaker-dispute state-necessity three-coordinate-branches timeliness waiver | 2025-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases dissenting-opinions supreme-court | |
| Subah Belleh v Oniyama LRSC 5 (2015) (Dissent) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Dissenting Opinions, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, administrator deed, Adverse Possession, Appellate Review, arbitration, Bushrod Island, Chain of Title, civil law, common grantor, damages, Decree of Sale, Dissenting Opinion, Ejectment, Four-Month Rule, Intestate Estate, judicial disagreement, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, mediation, metes and bounds, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, New Kru Town, Prior Title Doctrine, probate court procedure, probation and registration of deed, Property Law, Race Statute, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, St. Paul Bridge, Substantive Justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, waiver and laches, weight of evidence, wrongful withholding of property | subah-belleh-v-oniyama-lrsc-5-2015 | 2015-opinions administrator-deed adverse-possession appellate-review arbitration bushrod-island chain-of-title civil-law common-grantor damages decree-of-sale dissenting-opinion ejectment four-month-rule intestate-estate judicial-disagreement jury-verdict land-dispute letters-of-administration mediation metes-and-bounds monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial new-kru-town prior-title-doctrine probate-court-procedure probation-and-registration-of-deed property-law race-statute sixth-judicial-circuit-court st-paul-bridge substantive-justice supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed waiver-and-laches weight-of-evidence wrongful-withholding-of-property | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases dissenting-opinions inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Unity Party v. The National Elections Commission (NEC) (2023) Dissenting Opinion | 2023, Constitutional Law, Dissenting Opinions, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, Dissenting Opinion, elections law, electoral administration, electoral integrity, judicial restraint, Justice Jamesetta Howard Wolokollie, legislative history, legislative intent, NEC discretion, plain meaning rule, Section 4.1(2) of the New Elections Law 2016, separation of powers, statutory ceiling of 3, statutory construction, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unity Party v. National Elections Commission, violation of elections law, voter equality, voter registration, voting precinct limit | unity-v-the-national-elections-commission-nec-2023-dissenting-opinion | 2023-opinions dissenting-opinion elections-law electoral-administration electoral-integrity judicial-restraint justice-jamesetta-howard-wolokollie legislative-history legislative-intent nec-discretion plain-meaning-rule section-4-12-of-the-new-elections-law-2016 separation-of-powers statutory-ceiling-of-3 statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia unity-party-v-national-elections-commission violation-of-elections-law voter-equality voter-registration voting-precinct-limit | 2023-1 constitutional-law-cases dissenting-opinions elections-law-cases supreme-court |