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MR. QUANUQUANEI KARMUE VS NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION AND WOMBA (12/07/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Kaba / Recent Decisions

7 Dec, 2023

MR. QUANUQUANEI KARMUE VS NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION AND WOMBA (12/07/2023)

Once again, this Court has been called upon to decide an election controversy growing out of the October 10, 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections, which this time originates from Electoral District #4, Upper Bong County. The appeal in this case is taken from the final ruling by the Board of Commissioners (BOC) of the National Elections Commission, which confirmed the ruling of the Hearing Officer, also of the National Elections Commission.

The records transmitted to this Court reveal that the Appellant, Quanuquanei Alfred Karmue, through his Campaign Chairwoman, Sannie Suokollie, filed a complaint on October 13, 2023, with the Senior Elections Magistrate of the National Elections Commission stationed in Upper Bong County, in which he levied a series of allegations against the NEC Staff who conducted the Representative Elections for District 04, Voting Precinct no. 6004, Belefanai Administrative Building. In the said letter of complaint, the complainant alleged that throughout Election Day, October 10, 2023, a certain individual, fraudulently wearing a NEC vest, intimidated voters to vote for Candidate Robert Flomo Womba, 2nd Appellee herein. In addition, the complaint alleged the individual who admitted that he did not have an NEC identification was allowed by the NEC staff to continue to permit voters into Room 1, unmonitored, after the voting time

The Intestate Estate of Joseph N. Boley Vs. Oldman Gaye et. al. (12/07/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Gbeisay / Recent Decisions

7 Dec, 2023

The Intestate Estate of Joseph N. Boley Vs. Oldman Gaye et. al. (12/07/2023)

This motion to dismiss is before this Court from a ruling made by the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court, Grand Gedeh County on April 7, 2023, in a cancellation proceedings case in which the trial judge ruled against Oldman Gaye Gbarwo et al. respondents herein.

The facts as alleged are that the movant, the Intestate Estate of Joseph N. Boley, represented by its Administrator Mr. Thomas N. Boley et al. filed a petition for cancellation against one Oldman Gaye Gbarwo et al., respondents herein praying the court to cancel the respondents purported land sale deed made by the respondents in their own name alleging that the said deed was fake and

ISSAC B ROLAND VERSUS JOSRPH ALLISON AND AUSTIN B TAYLOR (11/28/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Gbeisay / Recent Decisions

28 Nov, 2023

ISSAC B ROLAND VERSUS JOSRPH ALLISON AND AUSTIN B TAYLOR (11/28/2023)

This case is before us on appeal taken from the Ruling of the Board of Commissioners (BOC) of the National Elections Commission (NEC) wherein the Board of Commissioners confirmed the Ruling of the Hearing Officer of the NEC dismissing the complaint filed before the NEC by the Appellant herein. In his complaint, filed on October 13, 2023 before the Electoral Magistrate for Maryland County, the appellant, a candidate fielded under the ticket of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), raised a single act of irregularity by the NEC staff stationed at the polling centers, that is, that his poll watchers were asked out of six vote counting facilities, thus depriving them of access to the vote counting process at those centers and the right to participate in the process. He therefore requested that there be a recount at the six centers named in his complaint. For the benefit of this Opinion and the determination of the correctness or error allegedly made by the Board of Commissioners in confirming the Ruling of the Hearing Officer, we quote the appellant’s complaint in its entirety verbatim, as follows:

The Intestate of Gobbeh Kamara vs. The Intestate of J. Lamark Cox (11/28/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Gbeisay / Recent Decisions

28 Nov, 2023

The Intestate of Gobbeh Kamara vs. The Intestate of J. Lamark Cox (11/28/2023)

This motion to dismiss appeal emanates from a judgment rendered by the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Montserrado County on the 4th of April, 2022, denying a motion to intervene filed by the respondent herein against the movant in an ejectment action filed by the movant. The movant requests this Court to dismiss the appeal announced by the respondent from the said judgment on two grounds: that the respondent failed to superintend its appeal by failing to submit the certified copy of its records before this Court within the period of ninety (90) days as prescribed by Section 51.11 of the Civil Procedure Law; that up to the filing of this motion to dismiss appeal that the respondent has not still submitted its certified records before this Court and that the tax clearance attached to the respondent’s appeal bond expired on

Johnson Teah vs Philip Orega Awacotata and Sylvester (11/28/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Kaba / Recent Decisions

28 Nov, 2023

Johnson Teah vs Philip Orega Awacotata and Sylvester (11/28/2023)

Our procedural code provides that the announcement of the taking of an appeal, filling of the bill of exceptions, the filling of an appeal bond, and the service and filing of a notice of completion of appeal are the necessary requirements for the completion of an appeal; and that the failure to comply with any of these requirements within the time allowed by statue shall be ground for the dismissal of the appeal. Civil procedure law rev. code CPLR 1:51.4. It is a settled principle in this jurisdiction that only strict compliance with the appeal statute confers jurisdiction on the Supreme Court of Liberia to entertain and delve into the merits of a matter certified for an appellate review. David Gotoba v. LBDI, Supreme Court Opinion, March Term, 2023; Catakaw et al v. Karweh, Supreme Court Opinion, March Term, 2010;

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press Release / Recent Arguments

13 Nov, 2023

Judge Chineh Calls for Upholding Judicial Integrity as a Way of Rebranding the Judiciary

Monrovia- The Assigned Circuit Judge of the First Judicial Circuit Criminal Court “B” at the Temple of Justice, His Honor Nelson B. Chineh has called on justice actors to uphold the integrity of the Judiciary as a way of rebranding the Judiciary branch of government.
Judge Chineh delivering his charge at the opening of the November A.D. 2023 Term of Court, First Judicial Circuit, Montserrado County on Monday, November 13, 2023 asked how can we rebrand the image of the Judiciary without upholding the integrity of the Judiciary?

MADAM CHIEF JUSTICE YUOH’S OPENING ADDRESS FOR THE OCTOBER TERM, 2023 0

Chief Justice Address / Recent Arguments

9 Oct, 2023

MADAM CHIEF JUSTICE YUOH’S OPENING ADDRESS FOR THE OCTOBER TERM, 2023

Colleagues of the Bench
The Dean, and Gentlemen/Women of the Supreme Court Bar
Fellow Citizens
Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen:

We will always give thanks to God, for He is good and His mercy endures forever. A testimony of this is our gathering in these sacred Chambers to once again conduct the Official Opening Ceremony of another term of Court, the October Term, A.D. 2023 of the Honorable Supreme Court, Republic of Liberia.

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