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Document Category Natural Resource Law (Case Law)
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| Bentley International Incorporation v RL LRSC 12 (2014) | 2014, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Concession Law, Contract Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2014 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appellate Review, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 10.7, Civil Procedure Law Section 41.7, compliance with mandate, concession agreement, contractual interpretation, declaratory judgment, Default Judgment, Due Process, Equitable Relief, ex parte proceeding, executive approval, Executive Law Section 33.2(a), expiration of concession, exploration license, Force Majeure, Freedom Gold Limited, Government of Liberia, Hummingbird Resources (Liberia) Inc., intervenor, judicial authority to rescind, Jurisdiction, legislative ratification, mandamus, mandate of Supreme Court, mineral development agreement, Mines and Energy, mining concession, Mining Law, ministerial authority, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Lands, Motion for Relief from Judgment, motion to rescind ruling, natural resources law, nunc pro tunc appeal, petition for writ of mandamus, Property Rights, renewal of concession, repossession, separation of powers, Service of Process, Statutory interpretation, stay of execution, Supreme Court of Liberia, term of court, writ of possession | bentley-international-incorporation-v-rl-lrsc-12-2014 | 2014-opinions administrative-law appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-10-7 civil-procedure-law-section-41-7 compliance-with-mandate concession-agreement contractual-interpretation declaratory-judgment default-judgment due-process equitable-relief ex-parte-proceeding executive-approval executive-law-section-33-2a expiration-of-concession exploration-license force-majeure freedom-gold-limited government-of-liberia hummingbird-resources-liberia-inc intervenor judicial-authority-to-rescind jurisdiction legislative-ratification mandamus mandate-of-supreme-court mineral-development-agreement mines-and-energy mining-concession mining-law ministerial-authority ministry-of-finance ministry-of-justice ministry-of-lands motion-for-relief-from-judgment motion-to-rescind-ruling natural-resources-law nunc-pro-tunc-appeal petition-for-writ-of-mandamus property-rights renewal-of-concession repossession separation-of-powers service-of-process statutory-interpretation stay-of-execution supreme-court-of-liberia term-of-court writ-of-possession | |
| Dean, Jr. v His Honor J. Boima Kontoe et al (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Executive Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2025 Opinions, ancillary proceedings, Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law, constitutional law, diamond restitution, Due Process, enforcement of mandate, Executive Law, Gbarpolu County, Government of Liberia liability, improper execution of mandate, judicial overreach, Mandate Enforcement, Minerals and Mining Law, mining license, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, non-party to judgment, official capacity actions, public officers immunity, respondeat superior, Restitution, Rule IV Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires acts | dean-jr-v-his-honor-j-boima-kontoe-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions ancillary-proceedings appeal appellate-jurisdiction article-20a-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information civil-law-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-law constitutional-law diamond-restitution due-process enforcement-of-mandate executive-law gbarpolu-county government-of-liberia-liability improper-execution-of-mandate judicial-overreach mandate-enforcement minerals-and-mining-law mining-license ministry-of-justice montserrado-county non-party-to-judgment official-capacity-actions public-officers-immunity respondeat-superior restitution rule-iv-revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court sixth-judicial-circuit standing supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-acts | |
| Lone v RL LRSC 31; 27 LLR 148 (1978) | 1978, Anti-Corruption, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 1978 Opinions, accounting for funds, Appellate Review, audit irregularities, audit report, bailment, Bopolu Chiefdom, Bopolu District, change of venue, clan funds, community development funds, conversion, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, documentary evidence, Due Process, embezzlement, evidentiary review, Fiduciary Duty, Grand Cape Mount County, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, local government, logging concession payments, misappropriation of funds, notice of accusation, Paramount Chief, proof beyond reasonable doubt, public funds, public officer, public project expenditures, receipt as evidence, Restitution, reversal of conviction, school construction, severance, signature by another at request, signature by mark, sufficiency of indictment, Supreme Court of Liberia, tribal funds, tribal treasury, unauthorized restitution, valid signature, variance, wrongful conviction | lone-v-rl-lrsc-31-27-llr-148-1978 | 1978-opinions accounting-for-funds appellate-review audit-irregularities audit-report bailment bopolu-chiefdom bopolu-district change-of-venue clan-funds community-development-funds conversion criminal-law criminal-procedure documentary-evidence due-process embezzlement evidentiary-review fiduciary-duty grand-cape-mount-county indictment insufficiency-of-evidence local-government logging-concession-payments misappropriation-of-funds notice-of-accusation paramount-chief proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt public-funds public-officer public-project-expenditures receipt-as-evidence restitution reversal-of-conviction school-construction severance signature-by-another-at-request signature-by-mark sufficiency-of-indictment supreme-court-of-liberia tribal-funds tribal-treasury unauthorized-restitution valid-signature variance wrongful-conviction | |
| The Government of Liberia v Sluward et al (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2024 Supreme Court Decision, 53.34-carat diamond, Administrative Law, Administrative Reversal, Appeal Affirmed, Article 22(a) Constitution of Liberia, Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Civil Law Court Montserrado, Class C Mining License, constitutional law, Diamond Dispute, Due Process, Extractive Industry Governance, Gbarma Statutory District, Gbarpolu County, Government of Liberia, In Pari Delicto, Judicial Review, Liberia Case Law, License Renewal, Mineral Rights, Minerals and Mining Law 2000, Mining Law, Mining License Renewal Dispute, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Natural Resources, Nunc Pro Tunc, Ownership of Minerals, Property Rights, Section 9.14, Section 9.3, Section 9.9, Smith Town, State Ownership, Supreme Court of Liberia, Ultra Vires | the-government-of-liberia-v-sluward-et-al-2025 | 2024-supreme-court-decision 53-34-carat-diamond administrative-law administrative-reversal appeal-affirmed article-22a-constitution-of-liberia chief-justice-sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh civil-law-court-montserrado class-c-mining-license constitutional-law diamond-dispute due-process extractive-industry-governance gbarma-statutory-district gbarpolu-county government-of-liberia in-pari-delicto judicial-review liberia-case-law license-renewal mineral-rights minerals-and-mining-law-2000 mining-law mining-license-renewal-dispute ministry-of-mines-and-energy natural-resources nunc-pro-tunc ownership-of-minerals property-rights section-9-14 section-9-3 section-9-9 smith-town state-ownership supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires | |
| The Management of Notre Dame Investment, Ltd. v The Ministry of Mines & Energy (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law) | 2026 Opinions, 60 percent Liberian ownership, administrative agency, administrative hearing, Administrative Law, administrative record, affirmance, amendment of articles of incorporation, Appellate Review, Article 7 Constitution of Liberia, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Class B mining license, constitutional law, corporate compliance, credibility of evidence, cure of statutory defect, Due Process, Estoppel, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to commence operations, failure to prove payment, failure to pursue remedies, Force Majeure, foreign ownership restriction, government estoppel, governmental interference, hearing officer, impossibility of performance, judicial deference, Judicial Review, Liberian participation in natural resources, license revocation, mandate, mineral law, Minerals and Mining Law of 2000, Mining Law, mining license eligibility, Ministry of Mines and Energy, natural resource governance, non-payment of fees, preponderance of evidence, procedural fairness, public law, regulatory compliance, regulatory enforcement, remand, retroactive validation, statutory compliance, statutory grounds for revocation, substantial evidence rule, Supreme Court of Liberia, Ultra Vires, validity of license, Void ab initio, Waiver | the-management-of-notre-dame-investment-ltd-v-the-ministry-of-mines-energy-2026 | 2026-opinions 60-percent-liberian-ownership administrative-agency administrative-hearing administrative-law administrative-record affirmance amendment-of-articles-of-incorporation appellate-review article-7-constitution-of-liberia best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof class-b-mining-license constitutional-law corporate-compliance credibility-of-evidence cure-of-statutory-defect due-process estoppel evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-commence-operations failure-to-prove-payment failure-to-pursue-remedies force-majeure foreign-ownership-restriction government-estoppel governmental-interference hearing-officer impossibility-of-performance judicial-deference judicial-review liberian-participation-in-natural-resources license-revocation mandate mineral-law minerals-and-mining-law-of-2000 mining-law mining-license-eligibility ministry-of-mines-and-energy natural-resource-governance non-payment-of-fees preponderance-of-evidence procedural-fairness public-law regulatory-compliance regulatory-enforcement remand retroactive-validation statutory-compliance statutory-grounds-for-revocation substantial-evidence-rule supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires validity-of-license void-ab-initio waiver | |
| The Ministry of Mines and Energy v Atlantic Minerals Inc. (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law) | 2026 Opinions, abuse of discretion, administrative agency, administrative error, administrative hearing, Administrative Law, Administrative Procedure Act, administrative record, admission against interest, affirmance, Appearance, Appellate Review, arbitrariness, burden of proof, competing licenses, concession rights, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, exclusive rights, exploration license, failure to give notice, government liability, hearing officer, illegality, Judicial Review, judicial review scope, Jurisdiction, legality vs discretion, license restoration, license revocation, mandate, mineral exploration license, mineral law, Minerals and Mining Law of 2000, Mining Law, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Motion to Dismiss, non-party beneficiary, notice of default, overlapping concession, Petition for Judicial Review, Privity, Procedural Due Process, proper parties, Property Rights, public law, record-keeping deficiency, regulatory authority, regulatory compliance, regulatory enforcement, remand, Service of Process, Sinoe County, statutory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires act, vested rights, Void ab initio | the-ministry-of-mines-and-energy-v-atlantic-minerals-inc-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrative-agency administrative-error administrative-hearing administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-record admission-against-interest affirmance appearance appellate-review arbitrariness burden-of-proof competing-licenses concession-rights due-process evidentiary-insufficiency exclusive-rights exploration-license failure-to-give-notice government-liability hearing-officer illegality judicial-review judicial-review-scope jurisdiction legality-vs-discretion license-restoration license-revocation mandate mineral-exploration-license mineral-law minerals-and-mining-law-of-2000 mining-law ministry-of-mines-and-energy motion-to-dismiss non-party-beneficiary notice-of-default overlapping-concession petition-for-judicial-review privity procedural-due-process proper-parties property-rights public-law record-keeping-deficiency regulatory-authority regulatory-compliance regulatory-enforcement remand service-of-process sinoe-county statutory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-act vested-rights void-ab-initio | |
| Tunkara v His Honor J. Boima Kontoe (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, arrest and detention, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:51.4, Class C Mining License, completion of appeal, contempt proceedings, Diamond Dealers Association, Diamond Dispute, Due Process, enforcement of mandate, export voucher, Gbarpolu County, improper execution of mandate, Kimberley Process certification, market value of property, Mining Law, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, notice and service of process, Restitution, Rule IV Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, submission to jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary appearance, Waiver | tunkara-v-his-honor-j-boima-kontoe-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal appellate-jurisdiction arrest-and-detention bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure-law-rev-code-151-4 class-c-mining-license completion-of-appeal contempt-proceedings diamond-dealers-association diamond-dispute due-process enforcement-of-mandate export-voucher gbarpolu-county improper-execution-of-mandate kimberley-process-certification market-value-of-property mining-law ministry-of-mines-and-energy montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss notice-and-service-of-process restitution rule-iv-revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court submission-to-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-appearance waiver | |
| UPA Import Corp. Inc. v Citizen of Bokomu District LRSC 29 (2005) | 2005, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law) | 2005 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appeal, arbitration, arbitration clause, Bokomu District, breach of contract, cancellation of contract, citizen representation, Civil Procedure, concession agreement, condition precedent, Contract Law, forest management agreement, Forestry Development Authority, forestry law, Jury Trial, land rent, Motion to Dismiss, natural resources law, notice, permit, premature filing, public law, remand, royalty, ruling reversed, Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver of jury trial | upa-import-corp-inc-v-citizen-of-bokomu-district-lrsc-29-2005 | 2005-opinions administrative-law appeal arbitration arbitration-clause bokomu-district breach-of-contract cancellation-of-contract citizen-representation civil-procedure concession-agreement condition-precedent contract-law forest-management-agreement forestry-development-authority forestry-law jury-trial land-rent motion-to-dismiss natural-resources-law notice permit premature-filing public-law remand royalty ruling-reversed supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-of-jury-trial | |
| Western Steel and Allied Industries Liberia Inc. v Nimba County et al. LRSC 36 (2015) | 2015, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Procurement Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Administrative Law, Appellate Review, Article 20(a), bid evaluation panel, bid protest, Complaints Appeals and Review Panel (CARP), concession law, constitutional law, Due Process, exhaustion of administrative remedies, Judicial Review, Ministry of Justice, Nimba County, notice and hearing, procurement irregularities, Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC), Public Procurement and Concessions Act, public procurement law, remand for hearing, responsive bidder, scrap metal tender, status quo ante, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires administrative action, Writ of Prohibition | lrsc-36-2015 western-steel-and-allied-industries-liberia-inc-v-nimba-county-et-al-lrsc-36-2015 western-steel-inc-v-rl-et-al | 2015-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrative-law appellate-review article-20a bid-evaluation-panel bid-protest complaints-appeals-and-review-panel-carp concession-law constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies judicial-review ministry-of-justice nimba-county notice-and-hearing procurement-irregularities public-procurement-and-concession-commission-ppcc public-procurement-and-concessions-act public-procurement-law remand-for-hearing responsive-bidder scrap-metal-tender status-quo-ante supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-administrative-action writ-of-prohibition |