MONROVIA, Liberia, Oct. 23 -- Liberia's Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment in a case that could determine whether the country's House of Representatives defied a court order when it expelled one of its most outspoken members, Yekeh Kolubah, in April.

By Victoria G. Wesseh

The case turns on a narrow but consequential question: was the House leadership legally served with a Supreme Court order instructing it to halt proceedings against Kolubah before it voted to remove him? If it was, the vote may have been taken in breach of a binding judicial directive. If not, the House may have been free to act.

How the Dispute Began

Kolubah represented District 10 of Montserrado County, which includes the capital, Monrovia, and was long on...