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| ACTIVA International Insurance v His Honor James E. Jones et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Judiciary Law | 2026 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, appellate supremacy, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, collateral attack, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Debt Court, denial of day in court, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, functus officio doctrine, interference with appellate court, Intestate Estate of Sarah Sirleaf v. El-Bim, Jawalry v. Ja’neh, Jurisdiction, jurisdictional conflict, legal nullity, Liberia Petroleum Refining Company v. Tulay, loss of jurisdiction, ministerial acts, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, motion to vacate stay order, New Judiciary Law Section 4.2, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, procedural irregularity, reversal of lower court ruling, status quo ante, statutory compliance, stay of execution, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court authority, unauthorized practice of law, unlicensed lawyer, usurpation of Supreme Court authority, validity of pleadings, Void ab initio, Void Judgment | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 2026-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review appellate-supremacy bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information collateral-attack concurrent-jurisdiction debt-court denial-of-day-in-court due-process enforcement-of-judgment functus-officio-doctrine interference-with-appellate-court intestate-estate-of-sarah-sirleaf-v-el-bim jawalry-v-janeh jurisdiction jurisdictional-conflict legal-nullity liberia-petroleum-refining-company-v-tulay loss-of-jurisdiction ministerial-acts montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal motion-to-vacate-stay-order new-judiciary-law-section-4-2 notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal procedural-irregularity reversal-of-lower-court-ruling status-quo-ante statutory-compliance stay-of-execution supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-authority unauthorized-practice-of-law unlicensed-lawyer usurpation-of-supreme-court-authority validity-of-pleadings void-ab-initio void-judgment | |
| Brown V. Brown 1LLR 1 LRSC1 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Judiciary Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1861 Opinions, Appeal, Civil Procedure, confirmation of lower court judgment, consequential damages, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Due Process, evidentiary standards, judicial authority, Jurisdiction, liability of magistrates, magistrate immunity, proof of injury, Sinoe County, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, trespass on the case, wrongful warrant | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases evidence-law judiciary-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | 1861-opinions appeal civil-procedure confirmation-of-lower-court-judgment consequential-damages court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-authority jurisdiction liability-of-magistrates magistrate-immunity proof-of-injury sinoe-county statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia trespass-on-the-case wrongful-warrant | |
| Cooper v RL LRSC 24; 19 LLR 269 (1969) | 1969, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1969 Opinions, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, authority of circuit judge, chamber session, Circuit Court, computation of time, Concurrent Jurisdiction, construction of statutes, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, cross-motion to reverse, effluxion of time, expiration of term of court, Final Judgment, First Judicial Circuit, fraud, grounds for dismissal of appeal, indictment, Judiciary Law, Jurisdiction, jurisdictional challenge on appeal, Jurisdictional Defect, jury session, justice of the peace, lack of jurisdiction, limitation of judicial power, Magisterial Court, mandate, misdemeanor, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, Motion to dismiss appeal, obtaining money under false pretenses, original jurisdiction, overruling precedent, Penal Law, petty offense, plain meaning rule, procedural requirements, Reversible Error, Stare Decisis, Statutory interpretation, statutory jurisdiction, stipendiary magistrate, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, timing of jurisdictional objection, Void Judgment, Yancy v Republic | 1969-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 1969-opinions appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure authority-of-circuit-judge chamber-session circuit-court computation-of-time concurrent-jurisdiction construction-of-statutes criminal-assizes criminal-law cross-motion-to-reverse effluxion-of-time expiration-of-term-of-court final-judgment first-judicial-circuit fraud grounds-for-dismissal-of-appeal indictment judiciary-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge-on-appeal jurisdictional-defect jury-session justice-of-the-peace lack-of-jurisdiction limitation-of-judicial-power magisterial-court mandate misdemeanor misrepresentation montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment motion-to-dismiss-appeal obtaining-money-under-false-pretenses original-jurisdiction overruling-precedent penal-law petty-offense plain-meaning-rule procedural-requirements reversible-error stare-decisis statutory-interpretation statutory-jurisdiction stipendiary-magistrate subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia timing-of-jurisdictional-objection void-judgment yancy-v-republic | |
| Executive Parking Services Incorporated v His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Judiciary Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of discretion, administrator, appellate reversal, Appellate Review, Bushrod Island, Certiorari, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, competing title claims, complete relief doctrine, compulsory joinder, correction of errors, denial of intervention, Ejectment, encroachment, evidentiary burden, extraordinary remedy, failure to attach lease, grantor and grantee, indispensable party, interlocutory order, intervention, Intestate Estate, Joinder of Parties, judicial review of lower court, jurisdiction of trial court, Justice in Chambers, Land Dispute, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, mandate, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, motion to join, nonjoinder, pleadings, Possession, prejudice to party rights, Procedural Law, proper party, property ownership, public land sale deed, real party in interest, Real Property, remand, Republic of Liberia land grant, Reversible Error, review of interlocutory ruling, Standing, summary judgment argument, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, tracing title to the Republic, writ of certiorari, wrongful withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases judiciary-law property-law-cases supreme-court | 2026-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrator appellate-reversal appellate-review bushrod-island certiorari chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law competing-title-claims complete-relief-doctrine compulsory-joinder correction-of-errors denial-of-intervention ejectment encroachment evidentiary-burden extraordinary-remedy failure-to-attach-lease grantor-and-grantee indispensable-party interlocutory-order intervention intestate-estate joinder-of-parties judicial-review-of-lower-court jurisdiction-of-trial-court justice-in-chambers land-dispute landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest mandate montserrado-county motion-to-intervene motion-to-join nonjoinder pleadings possession prejudice-to-party-rights procedural-law proper-party property-ownership public-land-sale-deed real-party-in-interest real-property remand republic-of-liberia-land-grant reversible-error review-of-interlocutory-ruling standing summary-judgment-argument supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute tracing-title-to-the-republic writ-of-certiorari wrongful-withholding | |
| Fangi v RL LRSC 7; 42 LLR 74 (2004) | 2004, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2004 Opinions, Appellate Review, Criminal Assizes C, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, disbanding of jury, Due Process, fair trial, impartial judge, judgment reversed, judicial ethics, jury misconduct, Jury Tampering, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | 2004-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 2004-opinions appellate-review criminal-assizes-c criminal-law criminal-procedure disbanding-of-jury due-process fair-trial impartial-judge judgment-reversed judicial-ethics jury-misconduct jury-tampering jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial remand-for-new-trial reversible-error supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | |
| 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 | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law human-rights-law-supreme-court judiciary-law supreme-court | 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 | |
| Firestone Plantations Co. v RL LRSC 9; 34 LLR 614 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law, Labor Law | 1988 Opinions, appeal dismissed, Conflict of Interest, contempt of court, criminal contempt, Criminal Law, dismissal of indictment, failure to prosecute, grand larceny, Labor Dispute, Montserrado County, private prosecutor, reinstatement order, speedy trial, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void Judgment | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law labor-law-cases supreme-court | 1988-opinions appeal-dismissed conflict-of-interest contempt-of-court criminal-contempt criminal-law dismissal-of-indictment failure-to-prosecute grand-larceny labor-dispute montserrado-county private-prosecutor reinstatement-order speedy-trial subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia void-judgment | |
| Freeman v RL LRSC 49; 22 LLR 188 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law, National Security Law | 1973 Opinions, abuse of official authority, Appellate Review, assault and battery, assault and battery with intent to kill, attempted shooting, contempt proceedings, court order, court security, courtroom misconduct, courtroom violence, criminal intent, Criminal Law, criminal prosecution, disobedience of court order, firearm use, First Judicial Circuit, imprisonment, inferred malice, intent inferred from circumstances, judicial authority, Jury Verdict, law enforcement conduct, magistrate court, malice, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, National Bureau of Investigation, NBI agent, police officer injured, public officers, respect for court orders, security officer, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful use of firearm, verdict against the evidence | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law national-security-law supreme-court | 1973-opinions abuse-of-official-authority appellate-review assault-and-battery assault-and-battery-with-intent-to-kill attempted-shooting contempt-proceedings court-order court-security courtroom-misconduct courtroom-violence criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-prosecution disobedience-of-court-order firearm-use first-judicial-circuit imprisonment inferred-malice intent-inferred-from-circumstances judicial-authority jury-verdict law-enforcement-conduct magistrate-court malice montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment national-bureau-of-investigation nbi-agent police-officer-injured public-officers respect-for-court-orders security-officer supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-use-of-firearm verdict-against-the-evidence | |
| In re Contempt Proceedings Against Cllr. Frank Musah Dean (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2023 Opinions, Abuse of Office, Acquittal, administration of justice, amici curiae briefs, amicus curiae, apology and retraction, attorney general, authority of the judiciary, clear and present danger, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, constitutional governance, constitutional law, contempt of court, contempt proceedings, controlled substances, court authority, criminal conspiracy, criminal contempt, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, criticism of judiciary, Dean of the Supreme Court Bar, derogatory remarks, dignity of the court, disrespect to court, fines, Frank Musah Dean Jr., free press, freedom of speech, impugning the judiciary, inherent powers of court, international ridicule, judicial independence, judicial power, judiciary, jury tampering allegations, Jury Trial, lawyers’ duty to courts, Ledgerhood J. Rennie, Legal Ethics, Minister of Information, minister of justice, Ministry of Information Cultural Affairs and Tourism, Ministry of Justice, Misconduct, money laundering, not guilty verdict, post-trial comments, press conference, Professional Responsibility, protection of judicial process, public officers, public ridicule, publication of contemptuous statements, publication order, retraction of statement, Rule of Law, sanctions, scandalizing the court, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, undermining confidence in courts | 2023-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 2023-opinions abuse-of-office acquittal administration-of-justice amici-curiae-briefs amicus-curiae apology-and-retraction attorney-general authority-of-the-judiciary clear-and-present-danger code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics constitutional-governance constitutional-law contempt-of-court contempt-proceedings controlled-substances court-authority criminal-conspiracy criminal-contempt criminal-law criminal-procedure criticism-of-judiciary dean-of-the-supreme-court-bar derogatory-remarks dignity-of-the-court disrespect-to-court fines frank-musah-dean-jr free-press freedom-of-speech impugning-the-judiciary inherent-powers-of-court international-ridicule judicial-independence judicial-power judiciary jury-tampering-allegations jury-trial lawyers-duty-to-courts ledgerhood-j-rennie legal-ethics minister-of-information minister-of-justice ministry-of-information-cultural-affairs-and-tourism ministry-of-justice misconduct money-laundering not-guilty-verdict post-trial-comments press-conference professional-responsibility protection-of-judicial-process public-officers public-ridicule publication-of-contemptuous-statements publication-order retraction-of-statement rule-of-law sanctions scandalizing-the-court separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia undermining-confidence-in-courts | |
| In re Contempt proceedings of Counsellor Macfarland LRSC 4; 37 LLR 43 (1992) | 1992, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 1992 Opinions, administration of justice, appellate procedure, Attorney Discipline, Bill of information, contempt of court, court authority, court dignity, criminal contempt, enforcement of mandate, impartial tribunal, judicial disqualification, Legal Ethics, mandate, obstruction of justice, Professional Responsibility, recusal, sanctions, September 4, Supreme Court of Liberia | 1992-1 ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 1992-opinions administration-of-justice appellate-procedure attorney-discipline bill-of-information contempt-of-court court-authority court-dignity criminal-contempt enforcement-of-mandate impartial-tribunal judicial-disqualification legal-ethics mandate obstruction-of-justice professional-responsibility recusal sanctions september-4 supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| In re Flaawgaa Richard McFarland LRSC 14; 34 LLR 439 (1987) | 1987, Anti-Corruption, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 1987 Opinions, abuse of process, administration of justice, attacks on judiciary, constitutional law, constructive contempt, contempt of court, contempt proceedings, corruption allegations, disbarment, disciplinary proceedings, executive branch, Finality of Judgments, Flaawgaa R. McFarland, impeachment petition, judicial authority, judicial independence, judiciary, lawyers’ duties, Legal Ethics, Legal Profession, legislative branch, petition to Legislature, Professional Misconduct, reargument, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, unconstitutional appeal | 1987-1 anti-corruption ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 1987-opinions abuse-of-process administration-of-justice attacks-on-judiciary constitutional-law constructive-contempt contempt-of-court contempt-proceedings corruption-allegations disbarment disciplinary-proceedings executive-branch finality-of-judgments flaawgaa-r-mcfarland impeachment-petition judicial-authority judicial-independence judiciary lawyers-duties legal-ethics legal-profession legislative-branch petition-to-legislature professional-misconduct reargument separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia unconstitutional-appeal | |
| In re GEC Report on Attorney Teklo Maxwell Grigsby (2025) | 2025, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2025 Opinions, Administrative Conduct, Attorney Discipline, Grievance and Ethics Committee, Judicial Oversight, Judiciary Law Section 17.7, Lawyer-Client Relationship, Legal Ethics, Liberia Supreme Court, Professional Misconduct, Small Arms Commission | 2025-1 ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 2025-opinions administrative-conduct attorney-discipline grievance-and-ethics-committee judicial-oversight judiciary-law-section-17-7 lawyer-client-relationship legal-ethics liberia-supreme-court professional-misconduct small-arms-commission | |
| In re GEC report on Cllr. Moifee Kanneh (2025) | 2025, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2025 Opinions, Attorney Discipline, Ethical Complaint, Grievance and Ethics Committee, Judiciary Law Section 17.7, Lawyer-Client Relationship, Legal Ethics, Liberia Supreme Court, Ministry of Justice, Professional Misconduct, Prosecutorial Authority | 2025-1 ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 2025-opinions attorney-discipline ethical-complaint grievance-and-ethics-committee judiciary-law-section-17-7 lawyer-client-relationship legal-ethics liberia-supreme-court ministry-of-justice professional-misconduct prosecutorial-authority | |
| In re Jawhary v RL LRSC 22 (2005) | 2005, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law, Media Law | 2005 Opinions, contempt of court, criminal contempt, Criminal Law, criticism of judge, Due Process, judicial authority, Judiciary Law, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, opportunity to present evidence, prejudgment, press statement, recusal, remand, Supreme Court of Liberia | 2005-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases judiciary-law media-law supreme-court | 2005-opinions contempt-of-court criminal-contempt criminal-law criticism-of-judge due-process judicial-authority judiciary-law jurisdiction montserrado-county opportunity-to-present-evidence prejudgment press-statement recusal remand supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| In Re JIC Report on Magistrate Richard K. Flomo (2025) | 2025, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2025 Opinions, abuse of judicial authority, amicus curiae, Bong County, Bong Mines Magisterial Court, bribery, Dobli Z. Barclay, ethical misconduct, Grievance and Ethics Committee, interference with court judgment, judicial accountability, Judicial Canons, judicial discipline, judicial ethics, judicial impartiality, Judicial Inquiry Commission, Judicial Institute, judicial investigation, Magistrate Misconduct, political activity by judges, revocation of appointment, Richard K. Flomo, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension without pay, violation of oath | 2025-1 ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 2025-opinions abuse-of-judicial-authority amicus-curiae bong-county bong-mines-magisterial-court bribery dobli-z-barclay ethical-misconduct grievance-and-ethics-committee interference-with-court-judgment judicial-accountability judicial-canons judicial-discipline judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-inquiry-commission judicial-institute judicial-investigation magistrate-misconduct political-activity-by-judges revocation-of-appointment richard-k-flomo supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-without-pay violation-of-oath | |
| In re Petitons of Attorneys McFarland et al LRSC 41; 29 LLR 394 (1981) | 1981, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 1981 Opinions, admission to the bar, Bar Admission, judiciary oversight, Legal Ethics, legal practice standards, Legal Profession, Liberian National Bar Association, petition for admission, professional misconduct concerns, Professional Responsibility, qualification of attorneys, Supreme Court of Liberia | 1981-1 ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 1981-opinions admission-to-the-bar bar-admission judiciary-oversight legal-ethics legal-practice-standards legal-profession liberian-national-bar-association petition-for-admission professional-misconduct-concerns professional-responsibility qualification-of-attorneys supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| 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 | 2017-1 constitutional-law-cases ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 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 Suspension of Cllr. Garlawolu et al LRSC 17; 34 LLR 471 (1987) | 1987, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 1987 Opinions, administration of justice, apology and mitigation, Attorney Discipline, constructive contempt, contempt of court, contempt proceedings, dignity of the court, direct contempt, disciplinary sanctions, inherent powers of the court, judicial authority, lawyers’ duties, Legal Ethics, petition for reconsideration, Professional Misconduct, Relief from Judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension from practice | 1987-1 ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 1987-opinions administration-of-justice apology-and-mitigation attorney-discipline constructive-contempt contempt-of-court contempt-proceedings dignity-of-the-court direct-contempt disciplinary-sanctions inherent-powers-of-the-court judicial-authority lawyers-duties legal-ethics petition-for-reconsideration professional-misconduct relief-from-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-from-practice | |
| In Re The Constitutionality of Sections 12.5 and 12.6 of the Judiciary Law LRSC 3; 24 LLR 37 (1975) | 1975, Constitutional Law, Judiciary Law | 1975 Opinions, amicus curiae, constitutional law, constitutionality of statutes, contempt of court, fines and punishment, inherent powers of court, judicial independence, judicial power, Judiciary Law, legislative interference, original jurisdiction, separation of powers, supervisory authority, Supreme Court of Liberia, unconstitutionality, Void ab initio | 1975-1 constitutional-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 1975-opinions amicus-curiae constitutional-law constitutionality-of-statutes contempt-of-court fines-and-punishment inherent-powers-of-court judicial-independence judicial-power judiciary-law legislative-interference original-jurisdiction separation-of-powers supervisory-authority supreme-court-of-liberia unconstitutionality void-ab-initio | |
| In Re The Petitions of Stephen J.C.S Kai, Andrew Nimle Bropleh et al. (2025) | 2025, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2025 Opinions, Admission Requirements, Attorneys-at-Law, Bar Admission, Bar Examination, Continuing Legal Education, Counsellors-at-Law, Dispensation, Examination Committee, Judicial Institute, Legal Ethics, Legal Profession, Legal Reform, Liberia National Bar Association, Liberia Supreme Court, Moral and Ethics Committee, New Judiciary Law, Professional Conduct, Section 17.6, Supreme Court Bar | 2025-1 ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 2025-opinions admission-requirements attorneys-at-law bar-admission bar-examination continuing-legal-education counsellors-at-law dispensation examination-committee judicial-institute legal-ethics legal-profession legal-reform liberia-national-bar-association liberia-supreme-court moral-and-ethics-committee new-judiciary-law professional-conduct section-17-6 supreme-court-bar | |
| In re: Constitutionality of Sections 16.1 and 16.2 of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act | 2023, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Constitutional Law, Executive Law, Governance Law, Judiciary Law | 2023 Opinions, abolition of statutory agency, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption Law, Article 20(a), Article 25, Article 3, Article 34(l), Article 50, Article 56, Article 89, Center for Law and Human Rights Education v. MCC, Citizens Solidarity Council v. Republic of Liberia, constitutional law, constitutionality of statute, contract clause, Due Process, executive authority, Fazzah v. National Economy Committee, Garlawolu v. NEC, governance reform, harmonization of statutes, impairment of contract, independence of commissions, Janeh v. House of Representatives, judicial restraint, Judicial Review, justiciability, Kruah v. Weah, LACC Act 2008, LACC Act 2022, legislative authority, legislative power, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, loss of office, Mappy-Polson v. Republic of Liberia, Martin Sallie Kollie v. Executive Branch, Monrovia, Montserrado County, premature action, prosecutorial powers, public offices, Public Policy, removal from office, restructuring of public institutions, ripeness doctrine, separation of powers, Standing, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, temporary appointment, tenure of public officials, transitional provisions, Wolo v. Wolo | 2023-1 administrative-law anti-corruption constitutional-law-cases executive-law-supreme-court governance-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 2023-opinions abolition-of-statutory-agency administrative-law anti-corruption-law article-20a article-25 article-3 article-34l article-50 article-56 article-89 center-for-law-and-human-rights-education-v-mcc citizens-solidarity-council-v-republic-of-liberia constitutional-law constitutionality-of-statute contract-clause due-process executive-authority fazzah-v-national-economy-committee garlawolu-v-nec governance-reform harmonization-of-statutes impairment-of-contract independence-of-commissions janeh-v-house-of-representatives judicial-restraint judicial-review justiciability kruah-v-weah lacc-act-2008 lacc-act-2022 legislative-authority legislative-power liberia-anti-corruption-commission loss-of-office mappy-polson-v-republic-of-liberia martin-sallie-kollie-v-executive-branch monrovia montserrado-county premature-action prosecutorial-powers public-offices public-policy removal-from-office restructuring-of-public-institutions ripeness-doctrine separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia temporary-appointment tenure-of-public-officials transitional-provisions wolo-v-wolo | |
| 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 | 2026-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court judiciary-law media-law supreme-court | 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: Judicial Inquiry Commission Report on HIis Honor T. Richard Browne LRSC 45 (2015) | 2015, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of power, administrative justice, amicus curiae, appellate oversight, Article 20(a), constitutional law, contempt of court, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, falsification of process, fundamental rights, Grand Bassa County, Judicial Canons, judicial ethics, judicial inquiry, Judicial Inquiry Commission, judicial misconduct, Magisterial Court, magistrate discipline, Second Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension without pay, tampering with court records, unlawful detention | 2015-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 2015-opinions abuse-of-power administrative-justice amicus-curiae appellate-oversight article-20a constitutional-law contempt-of-court criminal-procedure due-process falsification-of-process fundamental-rights grand-bassa-county judicial-canons judicial-ethics judicial-inquiry judicial-inquiry-commission judicial-misconduct magisterial-court magistrate-discipline second-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-without-pay tampering-with-court-records unlawful-detention | |
| In Re: The Petitions of Saidu Vasco Nyei et al., Attorneys-At-Law (2026) | 2026, Constitutional Law, Judiciary Law | 2026 Opinions, Admission Requirements, admission to the bar, affidavit of counsellors, Article 75 Constitution of Liberia, attorney qualification, Bar Admission, Bar Examination, certification of counsellors, Code of Conduct, Continuing Legal Education, Counsellors-at-Law, court regulation of practice, eligibility requirements, evaluation of candidates, examination process, good standing, institutional reform, integrity of judiciary, judicial oversight of lawyers, Judiciary Law, legal accreditation, legal analysis, legal competence, legal education, Legal Ethics, legal practice standards, Legal Profession, legal scholarship, legal training, legal writing, Liberia National Bar Association, Moral and Ethics Committee, moral character, National Board of Examination, petition for admission, Professional Discipline, professional qualifications, Professional Responsibility, quality of legal profession, regulation of legal profession, Rule of Law, standards of advocacy, Supreme Court Bar, Supreme Court of Liberia, years of practice | 2026-1 constitutional-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 2026-opinions admission-requirements admission-to-the-bar affidavit-of-counsellors article-75-constitution-of-liberia attorney-qualification bar-admission bar-examination certification-of-counsellors code-of-conduct continuing-legal-education counsellors-at-law court-regulation-of-practice eligibility-requirements evaluation-of-candidates examination-process good-standing institutional-reform integrity-of-judiciary judicial-oversight-of-lawyers judiciary-law legal-accreditation legal-analysis legal-competence legal-education legal-ethics legal-practice-standards legal-profession legal-scholarship legal-training legal-writing liberia-national-bar-association moral-and-ethics-committee moral-character national-board-of-examination petition-for-admission professional-discipline professional-qualifications professional-responsibility quality-of-legal-profession regulation-of-legal-profession rule-of-law standards-of-advocacy supreme-court-bar supreme-court-of-liberia years-of-practice | |
| Intestate Estate of Musa kamara v. Her Honor Eva Mappy Morgan (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Judiciary Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, adverse claim, appellate procedure, Banking Law, Bill of information, cognizability, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, creditors remedies, debt recovery, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, enforcement proceedings, Estate Administration, execution of mandate, Failure to Perfect Appeal, fair hearing, finality of judgment, foreclosure sale, Holder v. Intestate Estate of Sarah King-Howard, improper execution, International Bank (Liberia) Limited, Intestate Estate of Musa M. Kamara, judicial auction, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, Kpoto v. Kpoto, mandate of the Supreme Court, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mortgage Foreclosure, Motion to dismiss appeal, procedural irregularities, Property Rights, Rule IV Part 12 Supreme Court Rules, sheriff sale, special proceedings, Sr., Supreme Court of Liberia | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases inheritance-law-cases judiciary-law property-law-cases supreme-court | 2023-opinions adverse-claim appellate-procedure banking-law bill-of-information cognizability commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law creditors-remedies debt-recovery dismissal-of-appeal due-process enforcement-of-judgment enforcement-proceedings estate-administration execution-of-mandate failure-to-perfect-appeal fair-hearing finality-of-judgment foreclosure-sale holder-v-intestate-estate-of-sarah-king-howard improper-execution international-bank-liberia-limited intestate-estate-of-musa-m-kamara judicial-auction judicial-review jurisdiction kpoto-v-kpoto mandate-of-the-supreme-court monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-foreclosure motion-to-dismiss-appeal procedural-irregularities property-rights rule-iv-part-12-supreme-court-rules sheriff-sale special-proceedings sr supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Kennedy et al v Carlton Petroleum Inc. [1997] LRSC 4_ 38 LLR 360 (1998) (22 July 1997) | 1997, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Judiciary Law | 1997 Opinions, administrative adjudication, admission by failure to deny, amended pleading, amendment of pleadings, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure, contempt proceedings, costs prerequisite, hearing officers, Judicial Review, Labor Law, last pleader rule, Mandate Enforcement, Ministry of Labour, Motion to Dismiss, notice pay, payment of accrued costs, pleading practice, Re-argument, redundancy benefits, remedial process, Supreme Court jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal of pleadings, Writ of Error | 1997-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 1997-opinions administrative-adjudication admission-by-failure-to-deny amended-pleading amendment-of-pleadings bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure contempt-proceedings costs-prerequisite hearing-officers judicial-review labor-law last-pleader-rule mandate-enforcement ministry-of-labour motion-to-dismiss notice-pay payment-of-accrued-costs pleading-practice re-argument redundancy-benefits remedial-process supreme-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal-of-pleadings writ-of-error | |
| Kpadeh v RL et al LRSC 43; 22 LLR 121 (1973) | 1973, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1973 Opinions, alternative writ, appellate procedure, Certiorari, conflicting statutes, conspiracy, constitutional limits, construction of statutes, Criminal Procedure, denial of bail, denial of writ, dismissal of appeal, First Judicial Circuit, judicial discretion, judicial power, Justice in Chambers, lack of appellate jurisdiction, legislative intent, Montserrado County, non-appealable orders, notice of appeal, nullity of appeal, original jurisdiction, Procedural Law, refusal to issue writ, remedial writs, rules of practice, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of certiorari | 1973-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 1973-opinions alternative-writ appellate-procedure certiorari conflicting-statutes conspiracy constitutional-limits construction-of-statutes criminal-procedure denial-of-bail denial-of-writ dismissal-of-appeal first-judicial-circuit judicial-discretion judicial-power justice-in-chambers lack-of-appellate-jurisdiction legislative-intent montserrado-county non-appealable-orders notice-of-appeal nullity-of-appeal original-jurisdiction procedural-law refusal-to-issue-writ remedial-writs rules-of-practice separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-certiorari | |
| Nurse v RL LRSC 10; 21 LLR 474 (1973) | 1973, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1973 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, embezzlement, Final Judgment, First Judicial Circuit, guilty plea, guilty verdict, judgment vacated, judicial authority, judicial removal, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion for reargument, motion to remand, nullity of judgment, plea withdrawal, reargument, remand, removal from office, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial irregularity, Void Judgment, withdrawal of motion for new trial | 1973-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 1973-opinions appeal appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process embezzlement final-judgment first-judicial-circuit guilty-plea guilty-verdict judgment-vacated judicial-authority judicial-removal jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-for-reargument motion-to-remand nullity-of-judgment plea-withdrawal reargument remand removal-from-office supreme-court-of-liberia trial-irregularity void-judgment withdrawal-of-motion-for-new-trial | |
| Owens et al v RL LRSC 66; 29 LLR 422 (1981) | 1981, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1981 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, discharge without day, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, judgment without opinion, Judicial Recusal, Liberia, mandate to trial court, procedural disposition, recusal of justices, Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Liberia | 1981-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 1981-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure criminal-law discharge-without-day dismissal-of-appeal due-process judgment-without-opinion judicial-recusal liberia mandate-to-trial-court procedural-disposition recusal-of-justices solicitor-general supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Pearson Cooper et al. v. His Honor J. Boima Kontoe et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Judiciary Law | 2025 Opinions, Accrued Costs, Civil Procedure, Ejectment, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Procedural Default, Rule of Law, Stare Decisis, Time Limitation, Writ of Error | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 2025-opinions accrued-costs civil-procedure ejectment jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court procedural-default rule-of-law stare-decisis time-limitation writ-of-error | |
| Quality Construction Group v. His Honor Othello Payman et al (2025) (Petition for re argument) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Judiciary Law | 2025 Opinions, Act Creating the Commercial Court, Appellate Review, breach of contract, business contract, Commercial Court of Liberia, debt recovery, Final Judgment, jurisdiction by averment, Petition for re-argument, Procedural Law, Prohibition, remedial writ, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 2025-opinions act-creating-the-commercial-court appellate-review breach-of-contract business-contract commercial-court-of-liberia debt-recovery final-judgment jurisdiction-by-averment petition-for-re-argument procedural-law prohibition remedial-writ subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Raynes et al v RL LRSC 9; 36 LLR 203 (1989) | 1989, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Judiciary Law | 1989 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, admissibility, Appellate Review, Bong County, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, confessions, constitutional rights, corroboration, Criminal Law, Due Process, evidentiary standards, hearsay evidence, judicial error, jury charge, murder, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Prosecutorial Misconduct, reasonable doubt, remand for new trial, reversal of conviction, search and seizure, search warrant, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful search | 1989-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law judiciary-law supreme-court | 1989-opinions accomplice-testimony admissibility appellate-review bong-county burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence confessions constitutional-rights corroboration criminal-law due-process evidentiary-standards hearsay-evidence judicial-error jury-charge murder ninth-judicial-circuit prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt remand-for-new-trial reversal-of-conviction search-and-seizure search-warrant supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-search | |
| Rules Governing Procedures of Court LRSC 47; 39 LLR 454 (1999) | 1999, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 1999 Opinions, Administrative Law, adoption order, code of ethics, court rules, David A. B. Jallah, Frances Johnson-Morris, Frank W. Smith, Gloria Musu Scott, Henry Reed Cooper, Jonathan Williams, Judicial Canons, judicial conduct, judicial reform, lawyer conduct, Legal Profession, rules of procedure, Supreme Court of Liberia | 1999-1 ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 1999-opinions administrative-law adoption-order code-of-ethics court-rules david-a-b-jallah frances-johnson-morris frank-w-smith gloria-musu-scott henry-reed-cooper jonathan-williams judicial-canons judicial-conduct judicial-reform lawyer-conduct legal-profession rules-of-procedure supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Togba v RL LRSC 73; 35 LLR 389 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1988 Opinions, abuse of judicial power, Acquittal, Appellate Review, Bong County, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, double jeopardy, jurisdictional excess, jury misconduct allegation, Jury Verdict, murder, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful imprisonment, Writ of Prohibition | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 1988-opinions abuse-of-judicial-power acquittal appellate-review bong-county criminal-law discharge-of-defendant double-jeopardy jurisdictional-excess jury-misconduct-allegation jury-verdict murder supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-imprisonment writ-of-prohibition | |
| Tubman v Murdoch LRSC 26; 4 LLR 179 (1934) | 1934, Constitutional Law, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 1934 Opinions, alteration of judgment, application to vacate, constitutional law, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, ex post facto, Harper, Injunction, injunction relief, judicial ethics, Jurisdiction, lack of notice, Maryland County, monetary award, parties to a suit, possessory action, Privity, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void Judgment, writ of execution | 1934-1 constitutional-law-cases ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | 1934-opinions alteration-of-judgment application-to-vacate constitutional-law due-process enforcement-of-judgment ex-post-facto harper injunction injunction-relief judicial-ethics jurisdiction lack-of-notice maryland-county monetary-award parties-to-a-suit possessory-action privity supreme-court-of-liberia void-judgment writ-of-execution | |
| Unity Party V. National Elections Commission (2023) | 2023, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law, Judiciary Law | 2023 Opinions, abuse of discretion, administrative discretion, Administrative Law, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Board of Commissioners NEC, constitutional law, constitutional right to vote, construction of statutes, elections law, electoral disputes, electoral fairness, electoral integrity, equal distribution of voters, hearing officer rulings, interpretation of statutes, judiciary authority, Koffah v. Republic of Liberia, legislative intent, Monrovia, Montserrado County, National Elections Commission, NEC powers and duties, overcrowding, Plain language important in statutory interpretation, plain meaning rule, polling places, precinct demarcation, precinct limits, quasi-judicial review, Richard v. Monrovia Brewery, Section 2.9 Elections Law, Section 4.1(2) Elections Law, separation of powers, Statutes must be construed with reference to legislative intent, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, voter access, voter registration, Voters registration, voting precincts | 2023-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 2023-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrative-discretion administrative-law appellate-review bill-of-exceptions board-of-commissioners-nec constitutional-law constitutional-right-to-vote construction-of-statutes elections-law electoral-disputes electoral-fairness electoral-integrity equal-distribution-of-voters hearing-officer-rulings interpretation-of-statutes judiciary-authority koffah-v-republic-of-liberia legislative-intent monrovia montserrado-county national-elections-commission nec-powers-and-duties overcrowding plain-language-important-in-statutory-interpretation plain-meaning-rule polling-places precinct-demarcation precinct-limits quasi-judicial-review richard-v-monrovia-brewery section-2-9-elections-law section-4-12-elections-law separation-of-powers statutes-must-be-construed-with-reference-to-legislative-intent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia voter-access voter-registration voters-registration voting-precincts | |
| Yates v. Brother 1LLR2; LRSC 2 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Judiciary Law | 1861 Opinions, Appeal, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, exceptions to rulings, Judicial Practice, judicial supervision, legal formalities, legal requisites, Montserrado County, Procedural Law, record deficiency, statutory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial record | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 1861-opinions appeal appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas dismissal-of-appeal due-process exceptions-to-rulings judicial-practice judicial-supervision legal-formalities legal-requisites montserrado-county procedural-law record-deficiency statutory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia trial-record | |
| Zayzay et al v RL LRSC 26; 30 LLR 692 (1983) | 1983, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1983 Opinions, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, cross-examination, evidentiary review, immaterial defect, indictment defect, judicial neutrality, Jurisdiction, Lofa County, partiality, preservation of error, property destruction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Waiver | 1983-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | 1983-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review bill-of-exceptions criminal-law criminal-mischief cross-examination evidentiary-review immaterial-defect indictment-defect judicial-neutrality jurisdiction lofa-county partiality preservation-of-error property-destruction supreme-court-of-liberia waiver |
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