Category: Recent Decisions

Supreme Court contempt against Mr. Justin Oldpa Yeazehn (Prophet key) (02/12/2026) 0

Supreme Court contempt against Mr. Justin Oldpa Yeazehn (Prophet key) (02/12/2026)

On February 2, 2026, Mr. Justin Oldpa Yeazen, the contemnor herein made and published a podcast on his social media platform wherein he accused the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of acts of corruption and the Contemnor went further to levy derogative vulgarities and profanities against the Chief Justice and the Judiciary as a whole, and perplexingly against the Chief Justice’s mother.
On February 4, 2026, the Honorable Supreme Court invited the contemnor to appear before the full bench on Tuesday February 10, 2026 to show cause why he should not be held in Contempt of

The Management of Notre Dame Investment, Ltd. vs. The Ministry of Mines & Energy, Republic of Liberia (02/13/2026) 0

The Management of Notre Dame Investment, Ltd. vs. The Ministry of Mines & Energy, Republic of Liberia (02/13/2026)

This appeal grows out of a Petition for Judicial Review filed by Notre Dame Investment Liberia Limited, appellant herein, challenging the Ministry of Mines & Energy’s, appellee herein, revocation of three Class B Mining Licenses which it was previously issued by the appellee. After full hearing, the Hearing Officer revoked the licenses. The appellant, being dissatisfied with the ruling of the hearing officer, filed a petition for judicial review before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, upon review, the trial judge affirmed the ruling of the hearing officer. The appellant, again being dissatisfied with this ruling, excepted

Irwin Coleman, Samuel Dennis, Esther Dennis, Rebecca Dennis, et.al  vs. The Intestate Estate of the Late Emmanuel R. Gibson (02/13/2026) 0

Irwin Coleman, Samuel Dennis, Esther Dennis, Rebecca Dennis, et.al vs. The Intestate Estate of the Late Emmanuel R. Gibson (02/13/2026)

This case presents for our review an appeal taken from the final judgment of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, in an action of ejectment wherein the trial judge, sitting as both judge and jury, entered judgment in favor of the Intestate Estate of Emmanuel R. Gibson by and thru its administrators, J. Robert Gibson and Varney Flomo, Appellee herein against Irwin O. Coleman, Samuel Gibson, Esther Dennis et al., Appellants herein. The appellants contend that the lower court committed several reversible errors, including: failure to properly evaluate the authenticity and legal sufficiency of the appellee’s title

John Jallah  vs. Republic of Liberia (02/13/2026) 0

John Jallah vs. Republic of Liberia (02/13/2026)

During the November Term, A.D. 2010 of the First Judicial Circuit Court for Montserrado County, the Grand Jury sitting therein returned a true bill charging the appellants, John Jallah and others with the commission of the crime of criminal mischief. The indictment emanating therefrom reads as follows:

“INDICTMENT
The Grand Jurors for Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia, upon their oath do hereby find, more probably than not, that the defendant, John Jallah, Moses Fahn and others to be identified, committed the crime of Criminal Mischief, a felony of the third degree, to wit:

1. That sometimes ago, around the second

Youth for Development & Productivity/ YODAP vs The Government of the Republic of Liberia (02/13/2026) 0

Youth for Development & Productivity/ YODAP vs The Government of the Republic of Liberia (02/13/2026)

On February 24, 2016, the Commercial Court dismissed a claim of debt filed by the Youth for Development and Productivity (YODAP), the appellant herein, against the Government of Liberia (GoL). Predicated upon this ruling, the appellant announced and perfected an appeal before this Supreme Court for appellate review.
The appellant, YODAP, a non-governmental organization registered and operating under the laws of Liberia, filed this action of debt against the Republic of Liberia, contending that the Republic of China (ROC) and the Republic of Liberia signed a “Bilateral Agreement” on April 22, 2003, wherein the Republic of China pledged developmental assistance

Life Saving Center of Jesus Christ International vs Freddenis K. Nagbe of the United States of America (02/12/2026) 0

Life Saving Center of Jesus Christ International vs Freddenis K. Nagbe of the United States of America (02/12/2026)

This appeal currently before us evolves from a judgment rendered by our colleague, Her Honor Ceaineh D. Clinton Johnson, while presiding as Justice in Chambers during the 2025 March Term of this Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia.
The facts as culled from the records, reveals that the appellant, Life Saving Center of Jesus Christ International, initially instituted an action of felonious restraint against the appellee, Freddennis K. Nagbe, through his attorney-in-fact, Emmanuel K. Wesseh, on August 21, 2023, before the West Point Magisterial Court. The appellant contended that the appellee had illegally occupied its property which it obtained through squatter’s

Intestate Estate of Kaifa Kamara and Hassan Fawaz, a Lebanese National, Lessee of Kaifa Kamara vs Intestate Estate of Rebecca Thomas 0

Intestate Estate of Kaifa Kamara and Hassan Fawaz, a Lebanese National, Lessee of Kaifa Kamara vs Intestate Estate of Rebecca Thomas

This appeal is taken from the ruling of a declaratory judgment filed on January 12, 2016, in the Civil Law Court for Montserrado, Republic of Liberia. The Petition for Declaratory Judgment was originally filed against Mr. Kaifa Kamara but during the pendency of the case, he died. As a result, the court, upon request of Mr. Kamara’s counsel, substituted the deceased on June 21, 2016, with Dauson Varney Kamara, A. Vaifee Tulay, Siafa Benjamin and Austin H. Kamara, all of whom subsequently became the administrators of the intestate estate of the deceased.
The appellant, the intestate estate of Kaifa Kamara

Frank Goll vs Rosetta Nagbe Jackollie, Prince N. Saye and Jacquelline A. Saye  (02/12/2026) 0

Frank Goll vs Rosetta Nagbe Jackollie, Prince N. Saye and Jacquelline A. Saye (02/12/2026)

This appeal emanates from the adjudication of an ‘Action of Ejectment’ filed in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia. Judgement having been rendered for the appellees, the appellant excepted and appealed to this Honorable Supreme Court for an appellant review.
The facts gathered from the records indicate that the appellees, Rosetta Nagbe Jackollie, Prince N. Saye, and Jacqueline A. Saye, initially filed the ejectment action on March 18, 2022, but withdrew and refiled an amended complaint on April 6, 2022. The appellees assert in their complaint that they are bona fide owners of four lots

The Management of Access Bank Liberia vs. His Honor, Joseph Kollie (02/12/2026) 0

The Management of Access Bank Liberia vs. His Honor, Joseph Kollie (02/12/2026)

Section 14.4 (a) of the Decent work Act (2015) states:

(a) An employer may only terminate the employment of an employee for just cause, based on:

i) The (in)ability of the employee to perform the work required of them in accordance with the terms of:

(1) Their Contract;

(2) Any Collective agreement that applies to their work; or

(3) This Act and any regulations made under it; or

ii) The conduct of the employee:

(1) At work; or

(2) In circumstances which have a real and substantial connection to the working relationship; or

iii) The operational requirements of the undertaking

Samuel D. Tweah, et al  vs. His Honor Roosevelt Willie (02/12/2026) 0

Samuel D. Tweah, et al vs. His Honor Roosevelt Willie (02/12/2026)

The original petition for the writ of prohibition into an alleged case of economic sabotage, theft of property, money laundering, criminal facilitation, and criminal conspiracy against Samuel D. Tweah, Former Minister of Finance & Development Planning, Counsellor Nyenati Tuan, Former Acting Minister of Justice, Stanley S. Ford, Former Director of the Financial Intelligence Agency, Moses P. Cooper, Former Comptroller of the Financial Intelligence Agency and Jefferson Karmoh, Former National Security Advisor was heard on November 17, 2025 and decided on December 18, 2025, in which case this Court denied the petitioners’ petition for the writ of prohibition and ordered the