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| Bolobo Man v RL LRSC 5; 21 LLR 423 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Human Rights Law | 1973 Opinions, adequate provocation, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, cause of death, coroner’s report, coroners jury, corpus delicti, criminal intent, Criminal Law, deadly weapon, domestic violence, evidentiary insufficiency, fists and feet as weapons, Fourth Judicial Circuit, heat of passion, homicide, indictment, intent, judgment modified to manslaughter., judgment reversed, Jury Verdict, kicking, malice aforethought, manslaughter, Maryland County, mitigation, modification of judgment, modification of sentence, motion for new trial, murder, Penal Law, premeditation, provocation, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, sentencing, spousal homicide, sudden affray, Supreme Court of Liberia | bolobo-man-v-rl-lrsc-5-21-llr-423-1973 | 1973-opinions adequate-provocation appellate-review best-evidence-rule cause-of-death coroners-report coroners-jury corpus-delicti criminal-intent criminal-law deadly-weapon domestic-violence evidentiary-insufficiency fists-and-feet-as-weapons fourth-judicial-circuit heat-of-passion homicide indictment intent judgment-modified-to-manslaughter judgment-reversed jury-verdict kicking malice-aforethought manslaughter maryland-county mitigation modification-of-judgment modification-of-sentence motion-for-new-trial murder penal-law premeditation provocation reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction sentencing spousal-homicide sudden-affray supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Boyce v. Boyce (2023) | 2023, Family Law, Human Rights Law | 2023 Opinions, Appellate Review, best interests of the child, Brewerville, child custody, children’s welfare, contract interpretation, custodial parent, custody modification, custody of minor children, divorce, divorce settlement agreement, domestic relations, domestic relations statute, DSA, Due Process, evidentiary hearing, factual issues, family law, Fendell, four-corners rule, habeas corpus, home relocation, incompatibility of temper, interpretation of agreements, joint custody, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, legal custody, marital home, Montserrado County, moral unfitness, parental fitness, parental rights, physical custody, proof of allegations, remand, Reversal, separation, settlement agreement enforcement, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial of facts, visitation rights, Weemon Jallah Cole-Boyce v. L. Olandor Boyce | boyce-v-boyce-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-review best-interests-of-the-child brewerville child-custody childrens-welfare contract-interpretation custodial-parent custody-modification custody-of-minor-children divorce divorce-settlement-agreement domestic-relations domestic-relations-statute dsa due-process evidentiary-hearing factual-issues family-law fendell four-corners-rule habeas-corpus home-relocation incompatibility-of-temper interpretation-of-agreements joint-custody justice-yussif-d-kaba legal-custody marital-home montserrado-county moral-unfitness parental-fitness parental-rights physical-custody proof-of-allegations remand reversal separation settlement-agreement-enforcement sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia trial-of-facts visitation-rights weemon-jallah-cole-boyce-v-l-olandor-boyce | |
| Broh v Hon House of Representatives et al. LRSC 20 (2014) | 2014, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law | 2014 Opinions, abuse of power, administrative action, arrest and incarceration, Article 2 (1986 Constitution), Article 20(a) (1986 Constitution), Article 44 (1986 Constitution), civil liberties, constitutional law, constitutional supremacy, Due Process, fundamental rights, House of Representatives, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, legislative contempt, mandate, Ministry of Justice, notice and hearing, political question doctrine, Rule of Law, separation of powers, Sergeant-at-Arms, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful detention, Writ of Prohibition, wrongful rule | broh-v-hon-house-of-representatives-et-al-lrsc-20-2014 | 2014-opinions abuse-of-power administrative-action arrest-and-incarceration article-2-1986-constitution article-20a-1986-constitution article-44-1986-constitution civil-liberties constitutional-law constitutional-supremacy due-process fundamental-rights house-of-representatives judicial-review jurisdiction legislative-contempt mandate ministry-of-justice notice-and-hearing political-question-doctrine rule-of-law separation-of-powers sergeant-at-arms supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-detention writ-of-prohibition wrongful-rule | |
| Brown v. Payne 1 LLR 9; LRSC 5 (1861) | 1861, Citizenship Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Human Rights Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 1861 Opinions, Appeal, bona fide purchaser, colonization land grants, constitutional law, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, courtesy, coverture, descent, Due Process, Ejectment, Heirship, husband and wife, inheritance, invalid conveyance, land ownership, Marital Property, property rights of women, Real Property, reversal of lower court judgment, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, title by descent | brown-v-payne-1-llr-9-lrsc-5-1861 | 1861-opinions appeal bona-fide-purchaser colonization-land-grants constitutional-law court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas courtesy coverture descent due-process ejectment heirship husband-and-wife inheritance invalid-conveyance land-ownership marital-property property-rights-of-women real-property reversal-of-lower-court-judgment sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia title-by-descent | |
| Center for Law Human Rights Education et al v MCC et al LRSC 20; 39 LLR 32 (1998) | 1998, Constitutional Law, Governance Law, Health Law, Human Rights Law | 1998 Opinions, Article 14 Constitution, city markets, city ordinance, declaratory judgment, equal protection, freedom of religion, Monrovia City Corporation, municipal police power, organizational standing, petty traders, preliminary injunction, public health and sanitation, secular state, Standing, Sunday trading ban, Supreme Court of Liberia | center-for-law-human-rights-education-et-al-v-mcc-et-al-lrsc-20-39-llr-32-1998 | 1998-opinions article-14-constitution city-markets city-ordinance declaratory-judgment equal-protection freedom-of-religion monrovia-city-corporation municipal-police-power organizational-standing petty-traders preliminary-injunction public-health-and-sanitation secular-state standing sunday-trading-ban supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Contempt Proceedings Against Hon. Tah et al. LRSC 2 (2014) | 2014, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law | 2014, 2014 Opinions, Amici Curiae, Appeal bond, appeal dismissed, Appeal Procedure, appeal requirements, attorney general, Beyan D. Howard, Christiana P. Tah, civil contempt, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, compassionate leave, constitutional law, Contempt, contempt of court, contempt proceedings, Criminal Procedure Law, Damages for Wrong, defamation, enforcement of mandate, execution of judgment, freedom of expression, FrontPage Africa, imprisonment for civil contempt, imprisonment for debt, inherent powers, JFK Memorial Hospital, judicial independence, judiciary, judiciary authority, Legal Ethics, libel, mandate, media law, minister of justice, Ministry of Justice, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, Notice of Completion of Appeal, press freedom, Rodney D. Sieh, Section 34.20(1), separation of powers, Supreme Court Bar, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension from practice, writ of execution | contempt-proceedings-against-hon-tah-et-al-lrsc-2-2014 | 2014 2014-opinions amici-curiae appeal-bond appeal-dismissed appeal-procedure appeal-requirements attorney-general beyan-d-howard christiana-p-tah civil-contempt civil-law-court civil-procedure compassionate-leave constitutional-law contempt contempt-of-court contempt-proceedings criminal-procedure-law damages-for-wrong defamation enforcement-of-mandate execution-of-judgment freedom-of-expression frontpage-africa imprisonment-for-civil-contempt imprisonment-for-debt inherent-powers jfk-memorial-hospital judicial-independence judiciary judiciary-authority legal-ethics libel mandate media-law minister-of-justice ministry-of-justice monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county notice-of-completion-of-appeal press-freedom rodney-d-sieh section-34-201 separation-of-powers supreme-court-bar supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-from-practice writ-of-execution | |
| Feleku v RL [1982] LRSC 49; 30 LLR 189 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law, Judiciary Law | 1982 Opinions, abuse of judicial process, appellate procedure, burden of proof, contempt of court, Criminal Law, defense counsel misconduct, denial of fair trial, due process violation, equal protection of the law, evidentiary burden, fines imposed, irregular proceedings, judicial discipline, Jurisdiction, lack of jurisdiction on appeal, Lofa County, mandate to resume jurisdiction, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, murder, null and void judgment, Presumption of Innocence, procedural irregularities, prolonged detention, Prosecutorial Misconduct, protection of fundamental rights, remand to trial court, right to speedy trial, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial errors | feleku-v-rl-1982-lrsc-49-30-llr-189-1982 | 1982-opinions abuse-of-judicial-process appellate-procedure burden-of-proof contempt-of-court criminal-law defense-counsel-misconduct denial-of-fair-trial due-process-violation equal-protection-of-the-law evidentiary-burden fines-imposed irregular-proceedings judicial-discipline jurisdiction lack-of-jurisdiction-on-appeal lofa-county mandate-to-resume-jurisdiction motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment murder null-and-void-judgment presumption-of-innocence procedural-irregularities prolonged-detention prosecutorial-misconduct protection-of-fundamental-rights remand-to-trial-court right-to-speedy-trial supreme-court-of-liberia trial-errors | |
| Gardea v RL LRSC 28 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | admissibility of evidence, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, Article 21(h) Constitution of Liberia, best evidence rule, child sexual abuse, confrontation clause, corroboration, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law Section 15.12, dying declaration, dying declaration doctrine, expert witness, eyewitness testimony, grand jury, hearsay exception, indictment, JFK Medical Center, Jurisdiction, Jury Verdict, Life Imprisonment, medical evidence, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, Penal Law Section 14.70, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Rape, sentencing, Service of Process, sexual violence, statutory rape, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, validity of indictment | gardea-v-rl-lrsc-28-2014 | admissibility-of-evidence affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review article-21h-constitution-of-liberia best-evidence-rule child-sexual-abuse confrontation-clause corroboration criminal-law criminal-procedure-law-section-15-12 dying-declaration dying-declaration-doctrine expert-witness eyewitness-testimony grand-jury hearsay-exception indictment jfk-medical-center jurisdiction jury-verdict life-imprisonment medical-evidence monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county penal-law-section-14-70 proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt rape sentencing service-of-process sexual-violence statutory-rape sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia validity-of-indictment | |
| In re: Contempt Proceedings Against Mr. Justin Oldpa Yeazehn (2026) | 2026, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, Judiciary Law, Media Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of free speech, Article 15 Constitution of Liberia, Article 5 Constitution of Liberia, constitutional law, contempt of court, criminal contempt, defamation against judiciary, freedom of speech, judiciary dignity, Monrovia Central Prison, protection of judicial authority, social media speech, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-contempt-proceedings-against-mr-justin-oldpa-yeazehn-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-free-speech article-15-constitution-of-liberia article-5-constitution-of-liberia constitutional-law contempt-of-court criminal-contempt defamation-against-judiciary freedom-of-speech judiciary-dignity monrovia-central-prison protection-of-judicial-authority social-media-speech supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Jallah v RL LRSC 36; 37 LLR 635 (1994) | 1994, Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law | 1994 Opinions, civil war, combatant status, constitutional law, Due Process, ECOMOG, habeas corpus, human rights, Interim Government of National Unity, Montserrado County, peacekeeping forces, prisoner of war, sovereignty, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful detention | 1994-opinions civil-war combatant-status constitutional-law due-process ecomog habeas-corpus human-rights interim-government-of-national-unity montserrado-county peacekeeping-forces prisoner-of-war sovereignty supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-detention | ||
| MacDeshield v RL LRSC 44; 22 LLR 131 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Health Law, Human Rights Law | 1973 Opinions, absence of malice, absence of premeditation, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, cause of death, circumstantial evidence, corpus delicti, corroborative evidence, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, dangerous weapon, declarant unavailable, denial of new trial, domestic relationship, dying declarations, evidentiary weight, exceptions to hearsay, Expert Testimony, First Judicial Circuit, hearsay rule, homicide, imprisonment sentence, intent presumption, intimate partner violence, judicial instructions to jury, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, manslaughter, medical evidence, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, pathologist evidence, probative value of hearsay, proof of instrument, res gestae, reversal as modified, sentencing modification, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful killing, variance between allegation and proof | macdeshield-v-rl-lrsc-44-22-llr-131-1973 | 1973-opinions absence-of-malice absence-of-premeditation admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review best-evidence-rule cause-of-death circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti corroborative-evidence criminal-law criminal-procedure dangerous-weapon declarant-unavailable denial-of-new-trial domestic-relationship dying-declarations evidentiary-weight exceptions-to-hearsay expert-testimony first-judicial-circuit hearsay-rule homicide imprisonment-sentence intent-presumption intimate-partner-violence judicial-instructions-to-jury jury-verdict malice-aforethought manslaughter medical-evidence modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder pathologist-evidence probative-value-of-hearsay proof-of-instrument res-gestae reversal-as-modified sentencing-modification supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-killing variance-between-allegation-and-proof | |
| Massaquoi v RL LRSC 14 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, blood-stained clothing, child sexual abuse, child victim testimony, Civil Procedure Law Section 25.7, commutation of sentence, corroboration, Criminal Court E, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, expert witness, fifty-year sentence, hearsay exception, indictment, intimidation, Jury Verdict, knife threat, Life Imprisonment, medical evidence, modification of sentence, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Penal Law Section 14.70, physician assistant testimony, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Rape, sentencing, sexual violence, statutory rape, Supreme Court of Liberia | massaquoi-v-rl-lrsc-14-2014 | admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review blood-stained-clothing child-sexual-abuse child-victim-testimony civil-procedure-law-section-25-7 commutation-of-sentence corroboration criminal-court-e criminal-law criminal-procedure-law expert-witness fifty-year-sentence hearsay-exception indictment intimidation jury-verdict knife-threat life-imprisonment medical-evidence modification-of-sentence monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial penal-law-section-14-70 physician-assistant-testimony proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt rape sentencing sexual-violence statutory-rape supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Matadi v Holt et al LRSC 29 (2009) | 2009, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law | 2009 Opinions, Appellate Review, capital offense, Criminal Assizes A, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Death Penalty, Due Process, fair trial, indictment, ineffective assistance of counsel, international human rights law, Jury Verdict, legal aid, Life Imprisonment, Montserrado County, murder, Penal Law of Liberia, reversal and remand, right to counsel, self-defense, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial de novo | matadi-v-holt-et-al-lrsc-29-2009 | 2009-opinions appellate-review capital-offense criminal-assizes-a criminal-law criminal-procedure-law death-penalty due-process fair-trial indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel international-human-rights-law jury-verdict legal-aid life-imprisonment montserrado-county murder penal-law-of-liberia reversal-and-remand right-to-counsel self-defense supreme-court-of-liberia trial-de-novo | |
| Republic of Liberia v Morgan (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, Immigration Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Review, Criminal Court Assize “B”, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, First Judicial Circuit, judgment of conviction, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, pre-sentencing hearing, premature appeal, procedural error, Republic of Liberia v. Maria Morgan, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, trafficking in persons | republic-of-liberia-v-maria-morgan-2024 | 2024-opinions appeal appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review criminal-court-assize-b criminal-law criminal-procedure-law first-judicial-circuit judgment-of-conviction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal pre-sentencing-hearing premature-appeal procedural-error republic-of-liberia-v-maria-morgan sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia trafficking-in-persons | |
| RL v Grand Coalition LRSC 10; 34 LLR 70 (1986) | 1986, Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law | 1986 Opinions, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, election law, freedom of assembly, mass political rally, minister of justice, original jurisdiction, permit for marches and demonstrations, political coalition, political parties, prohibition granted, public interest litigation, public order, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | rl-v-grand-coalition-lrsc-10-34-llr-70-1986 | 1986-opinions constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law election-law freedom-of-assembly mass-political-rally minister-of-justice original-jurisdiction permit-for-marches-and-demonstrations political-coalition political-parties prohibition-granted public-interest-litigation public-order separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | |
| RL v Morgan (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law | Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, Bill of Exceptions, Criminal Assizes Court “B”, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, final judgment of conviction, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, pre-sentencing hearing, premature appeal, Republic of Liberia v. Maria Morgan, right to appeal, sentencing, statutory appeal requirements, trafficking in persons | republic-of-liberia-vs-maria-morgan-2024 | appeal appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-exceptions criminal-assizes-court-b criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process final-judgment-of-conviction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal pre-sentencing-hearing premature-appeal republic-of-liberia-v-maria-morgan right-to-appeal sentencing statutory-appeal-requirements trafficking-in-persons | |
| Sarbo v RL LRSC 11; 21 LLR 481 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 1973 Opinions, Acquittal, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, burden of proof, co-defendants, compulsory process, confession evidence, constitutional law, corpus delicti, corroboration requirement, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination rights, defective indictment, denial of compulsory process, discharge without day, elements of murder, evidentiary failure, failure to produce witness, fair trial rights, Fourth Judicial Circuit, homicide, impeachment of witness, indictment sufficiency, insufficiency of evidence, jury misconduct safeguards, Jury Trial, Maryland County, missing witness, motion for new trial, murder, omission of instrument of crime, Presumption of Innocence, procedural irregularities, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Reversible Error, right to obtain witnesses, scope of cross-examination, sequestration of jury, severance of defendants, Supreme Court of Liberia, verdict against the weight of evidence, witness credibility | sarbo-v-rl-lrsc-11-21-llr-481-1973 | 1973-opinions acquittal admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review burden-of-proof co-defendants compulsory-process confession-evidence constitutional-law corpus-delicti corroboration-requirement criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination-rights defective-indictment denial-of-compulsory-process discharge-without-day elements-of-murder evidentiary-failure failure-to-produce-witness fair-trial-rights fourth-judicial-circuit homicide impeachment-of-witness indictment-sufficiency insufficiency-of-evidence jury-misconduct-safeguards jury-trial maryland-county missing-witness motion-for-new-trial murder omission-of-instrument-of-crime presumption-of-innocence procedural-irregularities proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reversible-error right-to-obtain-witnesses scope-of-cross-examination sequestration-of-jury severance-of-defendants supreme-court-of-liberia verdict-against-the-weight-of-evidence witness-credibility | |
| 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 | |
| Unity Party v National Elections Commission (NEC) et al (2024) | 2024, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Elections Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 2024 Opinions, administrative appeal, automatic recount threshold, Board of Commissioners, burden of proof, Coalition for Democratic Change, CPP, denial of voting, District 5, documentary evidence, election irregularities, elections law, electoral dispute, electoral fraud allegations, electoral integrity, Grand Bassa County, hearing officer, House of Representatives election, mandate, mere allegations, narrow margin, National Elections Commission, NEC regulations, polling hours, presiding officer, queue control, record of the count, recount, rerun, right to vote, Supreme Court of Liberia, tallying process, transparency, Unity Party | unity-party-v-national-elections-commission-nec-et-al-2024 unity-party-vs-nec-and-mr-thomas-goswell-ii-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-appeal automatic-recount-threshold board-of-commissioners burden-of-proof coalition-for-democratic-change cpp denial-of-voting district-5 documentary-evidence election-irregularities elections-law electoral-dispute electoral-fraud-allegations electoral-integrity grand-bassa-county hearing-officer house-of-representatives-election mandate mere-allegations narrow-margin national-elections-commission nec-regulations polling-hours presiding-officer queue-control record-of-the-count recount rerun right-to-vote supreme-court-of-liberia tallying-process transparency unity-party |