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| 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 | 1998-1 constitutional-law-cases governance-law-cases health-law human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | 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 | |
| Chronicles Newspaper & Browne v RL LRSC 31 (2015) | 2015, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law | 2015 Opinions, agency, Article 13(a), Article 15(c), Article 21(b), Article 88, board resolution, Capacity to Sue, Civil Procedure, constitutional law, corporate authority, Due Process, Ebola outbreak, freedom of movement, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, Judicial Review, Liberia National Police, media law, Ministry of Information, Ministry of Justice, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mootness, National Chronicles Newspaper, national security, press freedom, Press Union of Liberia, Prohibition, real party in interest, representative capacity, right to information, search and seizure, separation of powers, Standing, state of emergency, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | 2015-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases health-law supreme-court | 2015-opinions agency article-13a article-15c article-21b article-88 board-resolution capacity-to-sue civil-procedure constitutional-law corporate-authority due-process ebola-outbreak freedom-of-movement freedom-of-speech freedom-of-the-press judicial-review liberia-national-police media-law ministry-of-information ministry-of-justice monrovia montserrado-county mootness national-chronicles-newspaper national-security press-freedom press-union-of-liberia prohibition real-party-in-interest representative-capacity right-to-information search-and-seizure separation-of-powers standing state-of-emergency supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | |
| Cooper v RL LRSC 37; 20 LLR 43 (1970) | 1970, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1970 Opinions., absence of medical certificate, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, assault and battery with intent to kill, best evidence rule, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, challenge for cause, confession and avoidance, courtroom disorder, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, declaration against interest, disqualified juror, Due Process, erroneous jury charge, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to produce weapon, fair trial rights, grand jury, improper conduct of witnesses, inconsistency between plea and evidence, indictment, juror incompetency, jury bias, jury impartiality, jury instructions, Jury Trial, lack of judicial atmosphere, medical evidence, missing physical evidence, motion for new trial, Nimba County, petit jury, procedural error, proof of injury, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, self-defense, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial irregularities, weight of evidence | 1970-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | 1970-opinions absence-of-medical-certificate admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review assault-and-battery-with-intent-to-kill best-evidence-rule bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof challenge-for-cause confession-and-avoidance courtroom-disorder credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law criminal-procedure declaration-against-interest disqualified-juror due-process erroneous-jury-charge evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-produce-weapon fair-trial-rights grand-jury improper-conduct-of-witnesses inconsistency-between-plea-and-evidence indictment juror-incompetency jury-bias jury-impartiality jury-instructions jury-trial lack-of-judicial-atmosphere medical-evidence missing-physical-evidence motion-for-new-trial nimba-county petit-jury procedural-error proof-of-injury remand-for-new-trial reversible-error self-defense supreme-court-of-liberia trial-irregularities weight-of-evidence | |
| Derrick et al v Global Pharm Medical Center (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Health Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, action of damages, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, Appellate Review, bad faith practice, Bill of Exceptions, Bushrod Island, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Duty of Care, healthcare liability, hospital liability, jurisdictional requirements, medical malpractice, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Negligence, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Compliance, Section 51.16, Section 51.7, Section 51.8, Section 51.9, Sixth Judicial Circuit, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia, Time for service of appeal bond and notice of completion of appeal, wrongful medical treatment | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases health-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | 2024-opinions action-of-damages appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-review bad-faith-practice bill-of-exceptions bushrod-island civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law duty-of-care healthcare-liability hospital-liability jurisdictional-requirements medical-malpractice montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal negligence notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-compliance section-51-16 section-51-7 section-51-8 section-51-9 sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia time-for-service-of-appeal-bond-and-notice-of-completion-of-appeal wrongful-medical-treatment | |
| Doe v RL LRSC 42; 21 LLR 279 (1972) | 1972, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1972 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, Appellate Review, cause of death, compulsory process, confession evidence, constitutional rights of accused, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, cross-examination, denial of compulsory process, discharge without day, Due Process, Expert Testimony, failure to serve subpoena, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Freetown Sarbo, homicide, impeachment of witness, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, insufficiency of indictment, investigation of officials, James Doe, joint indictment, jury misconduct, jury separation, Maryland County, material witness, medical evidence, missing witness, motion for new trial, murder, Myer Tickley, Oldman Sam, Pleebo District, prison superintendent interference, Proximate Cause, reliability of confession, reversal of conviction, right to witnesses, ritual killing, scope of cross-examination, separate trial, sequestration of jury, severance, sheriff misconduct, subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony, witness bias, witness credibility | 1972-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | 1972-opinions accomplice-testimony appellate-review cause-of-death compulsory-process confession-evidence constitutional-rights-of-accused corpus-delicti criminal-law cross-examination denial-of-compulsory-process discharge-without-day due-process expert-testimony failure-to-serve-subpoena fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit freetown-sarbo homicide impeachment-of-witness indictment insufficiency-of-evidence insufficiency-of-indictment investigation-of-officials james-doe joint-indictment jury-misconduct jury-separation maryland-county material-witness medical-evidence missing-witness motion-for-new-trial murder myer-tickley oldman-sam pleebo-district prison-superintendent-interference proximate-cause reliability-of-confession reversal-of-conviction right-to-witnesses ritual-killing scope-of-cross-examination separate-trial sequestration-of-jury severance sheriff-misconduct subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony witness-bias witness-credibility | |
| JUPICA et al. v NEC et al. LRSC 60 (2014) | 2014, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law, Health Law | 2014 Opinions, Administrative Law, amendment of pleadings, appellate procedure, constitutional law, Due Process, Ebola virus disease, elections law, improper verification, Joint Resolution, Jurisdiction, Monrovia, Montserrado County, National Elections Commission, Paynesville City, political question doctrine, public health emergency, quasi-judicial powers, separation of powers, special senatorial election, Standing, state of emergency, striking of returns, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | 2014-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases health-law supreme-court | 2014-opinions administrative-law amendment-of-pleadings appellate-procedure constitutional-law due-process ebola-virus-disease elections-law improper-verification joint-resolution jurisdiction monrovia montserrado-county national-elections-commission paynesville-city political-question-doctrine public-health-emergency quasi-judicial-powers separation-of-powers special-senatorial-election standing state-of-emergency striking-of-returns supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | |
| 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 | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases health-law human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | 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 | |
| Obi v RL LRSC 4; 20 LLR 166 (1971) | 1971, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1971 opinions, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, apprehension, automatic pistol, Benoit Michelon, Bill of Exceptions, Bishop Dillard H. Brown, Claude Nader, Criminal Law, criminal pleading, Cuttington College and Divinity School, deadly weapon, double jeopardy, Episcopal Mission, express malice, flight, homicide, implied malice, indictment, insanity defense, intent to kill, intoxication, Jacob David, jury charge, Justin M. Obi, malice aforethought, mental disturbance, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion to quash, murder, Patricia Anne Newiss, presumption of malice, psychiatric examination, shooting, sociopathic personality disturbance, sufficiency of indictment, summary of evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, waived exceptions | 1971-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | 1971-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review apprehension automatic-pistol benoit-michelon bill-of-exceptions bishop-dillard-h-brown claude-nader criminal-law criminal-pleading cuttington-college-and-divinity-school deadly-weapon double-jeopardy episcopal-mission express-malice flight homicide implied-malice indictment insanity-defense intent-to-kill intoxication jacob-david jury-charge justin-m-obi malice-aforethought mental-disturbance monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-quash murder patricia-anne-newiss presumption-of-malice psychiatric-examination shooting sociopathic-personality-disturbance sufficiency-of-indictment summary-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia waived-exceptions | |
| Otto v RL LRSC 5; 17 LLR 186 (1966) | 1966, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1966 Opinions, acquittal standard, Appellate Review, benefit of doubt, Careysburg, causation of death, chain of evidence, circumstantial evidence, coroner’s inquest, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to prove cause of death, fair trial, First Judicial Circuit, hypothesis of innocence, inconsistent evidence, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, lack of direct evidence, medical evidence, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, prosecutorial failure, reasonable inference, reversal of conviction, standard of proof, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance between indictment and proof | 1966-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | 1966-opinions acquittal-standard appellate-review benefit-of-doubt careysburg causation-of-death chain-of-evidence circumstantial-evidence coroners-inquest corpus-delicti criminal-law discharge-of-defendant due-process evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-prove-cause-of-death fair-trial first-judicial-circuit hypothesis-of-innocence inconsistent-evidence indictment insufficiency-of-evidence jury-trial jury-verdict lack-of-direct-evidence medical-evidence montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt prosecutorial-failure reasonable-inference reversal-of-conviction standard-of-proof supreme-court-of-liberia variance-between-indictment-and-proof | |
| Saab v RL LRSC 30; 27 LLR 133 (1978) | 1978, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1978 Opinions, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, Acquittal, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, ballistic evidence, burden of proof, causation in homicide, chain of custody, coercion, Confession, conflicting testimony, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, custodial interrogation, discharge without day, dying declaration, evidentiary standards, exclusion of illegally obtained evidence, failure of proof, Grand Bassa County, hearsay exception, hospital negligence, identification of weapon, in extremis requirement, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, involuntary confession, Jury Verdict, medical evidence, Miranda-type rights, murder, police misconduct, Presumption of Innocence, proof of impending death, proximate cause of death, reasonable doubt, Rev. Code 2:2.3, reversal of conviction, right to counsel, Second Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia | 1978-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | 1978-opinions accessory-after-the-fact accessory-before-the-fact acquittal admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review ballistic-evidence burden-of-proof causation-in-homicide chain-of-custody coercion confession conflicting-testimony credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law custodial-interrogation discharge-without-day dying-declaration evidentiary-standards exclusion-of-illegally-obtained-evidence failure-of-proof grand-bassa-county hearsay-exception hospital-negligence identification-of-weapon in-extremis-requirement indictment insufficiency-of-evidence involuntary-confession jury-verdict medical-evidence miranda-type-rights murder police-misconduct presumption-of-innocence proof-of-impending-death proximate-cause-of-death reasonable-doubt rev-code-22-3 reversal-of-conviction right-to-counsel second-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Scott v RL LRSC 2; 18 LLR 13 (1967) | 1967, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1967 Opinions, absence of malice, aggressive conduct, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, cross-examination of accused, defendant testimony, discharge of defendant, evidentiary sufficiency, eyewitness testimony, Fourth Judicial Circuit, George Scott alias Quae, heat of passion, homicide, insufficiency of evidence, jury instructions, Jury Verdict, lesser included offense, malice aforethought, manslaughter, Maryland County, medical evidence, modification of judgment, motion for new trial, murder, proximate cause of death, reduction of conviction, reversal of conviction, scope of cross-examination, self-incrimination, sentencing computation, specific exceptions requirement, sudden affray, Supreme Court of Liberia, time served, waiver of privilege, weight of evidence | 1967-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | 1967-opinions absence-of-malice aggressive-conduct appellate-review criminal-law cross-examination-of-accused defendant-testimony discharge-of-defendant evidentiary-sufficiency eyewitness-testimony fourth-judicial-circuit george-scott-alias-quae heat-of-passion homicide insufficiency-of-evidence jury-instructions jury-verdict lesser-included-offense malice-aforethought manslaughter maryland-county medical-evidence modification-of-judgment motion-for-new-trial murder proximate-cause-of-death reduction-of-conviction reversal-of-conviction scope-of-cross-examination self-incrimination sentencing-computation specific-exceptions-requirement sudden-affray supreme-court-of-liberia time-served waiver-of-privilege weight-of-evidence | |
| Sheriff v RL LRSC 9; 29 LLR 103 (1981) | 1981, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1981 Opinions, burden of proof, compulsory process, Confession, constitutional rights, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cruel treatment, custodial interrogation, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, Expert Testimony, fair trial, governmental misconduct, insanity defense, involuntary confession, Lofa County, medical evidence, murder, police interrogation, psychiatric examination, psychiatrist, retrial, reversal and remand, right to counsel, sanity, self-incrimination, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tenth Judicial Circuit, town chief interrogation, Voinjama | 1981-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases customary-law evidence-law health-law supreme-court | 1981-opinions burden-of-proof compulsory-process confession constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure cruel-treatment custodial-interrogation due-process evidentiary-insufficiency expert-testimony fair-trial governmental-misconduct insanity-defense involuntary-confession lofa-county medical-evidence murder police-interrogation psychiatric-examination psychiatrist retrial reversal-and-remand right-to-counsel sanity self-incrimination supreme-court-of-liberia tenth-judicial-circuit town-chief-interrogation voinjama | |
| The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) Vs United Commodities Inc. (2020) | 2020, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Health Law, Insurance Law | 2020 Opinions, Appellate Review, banking and finance law, breach of contract, civil law, collateral management, Commercial Law, contractual interpretation, Costs, damaged goods, default on loan, Ebola outbreak, ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Escrow Account, field warehousing agreement, Force Majeure, foreclosure rights, impossibility of performance, insurance obligation, international finance, Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI), loan agreement, mandate, Montserrado County, mortgage security, personal guarantees, petition for declaratory judgment, reversal of trial court judgment, risk of loss, Supreme Court of Liberia, unconditional liability, United Commodities Inc., unjust enrichment | 2020-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases health-law insurance-law supreme-court | 2020-opinions appellate-review banking-and-finance-law breach-of-contract civil-law collateral-management commercial-law contractual-interpretation costs damaged-goods default-on-loan ebola-outbreak ecowas-bank-for-investment-and-development-ebid escrow-account field-warehousing-agreement force-majeure foreclosure-rights impossibility-of-performance insurance-obligation international-finance liberia-bank-for-development-and-investment-lbdi loan-agreement mandate montserrado-county mortgage-security personal-guarantees petition-for-declaratory-judgment reversal-of-trial-court-judgment risk-of-loss supreme-court-of-liberia unconditional-liability united-commodities-inc unjust-enrichment | |
| The Management of Auto Spare Garage v Heyek (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Health Law, Labor Law | 2025 Opinions, abandonment of work, admissions by party, annual leave, Appellate Review, Auto Spare Garage, compensation for wrongful dismissal, Decent Work Act (2015), Default Judgment, Due Process, employer-employee relationship, Enforcement of Judgment, Labor Law, leave entitlement, mandate, medical leave, Ministry of Labor, modification of judgment, Mohammed Heyek, Monrovia, Montserrado County, National Labor Court, notice of assignment, overtime compensation, Petition for Judicial Review, salary in lieu of notice, Section 14.3(d)(vii), sick leave, Supreme Court of Liberia, unfair labor practices, Waiver, Wrongful Dismissal | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law health-law labor-law-cases supreme-court | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-work admissions-by-party annual-leave appellate-review auto-spare-garage compensation-for-wrongful-dismissal decent-work-act-2015 default-judgment due-process employer-employee-relationship enforcement-of-judgment labor-law leave-entitlement mandate medical-leave ministry-of-labor modification-of-judgment mohammed-heyek monrovia montserrado-county national-labor-court notice-of-assignment overtime-compensation petition-for-judicial-review salary-in-lieu-of-notice section-14-3dvii sick-leave supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practices waiver wrongful-dismissal | |
| Tolbert v RL LRSC 22; 19 LLR 251 (1969) | 1969, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1969 Opinions, admissibility of confession, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, autopsy, Best evidence, cause of death, circumstantial evidence, coerced confession, Confession, contributing cause of death, corpus delicti, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, criminal agency, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, death by blunt force, domestic homicide, evidentiary weight, First Judicial Circuit, head injury, homicide, involuntary confession, iron bar, Jury Verdict, Lysol poisoning, malice aforethought, medical evidence, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, pathologist, Paynesville, piece of iron, presumptive evidence, proof beyond reasonable doubt, reasonable doubt, spousal killing, Supreme Court of Liberia, toxic substance, variance, wife killing | 1969-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | 1969-opinions admissibility-of-confession affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review autopsy best-evidence cause-of-death circumstantial-evidence coerced-confession confession contributing-cause-of-death corpus-delicti corroboration credibility-of-witnesses criminal-agency criminal-law criminal-procedure death-by-blunt-force domestic-homicide evidentiary-weight first-judicial-circuit head-injury homicide involuntary-confession iron-bar jury-verdict lysol-poisoning malice-aforethought medical-evidence montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder pathologist paynesville piece-of-iron presumptive-evidence proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt spousal-killing supreme-court-of-liberia toxic-substance variance wife-killing |
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