Minneapolis, N. & S. Ry. v. Kelm

How courts have described this case

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• noting that Plaintiffs have sometimes been permitted to litigate anonymously in cases about legal ramifications of a medical procedure, including abortion
• dismissing defendant’s jurisdictional argument as “obviously wrong” based on Rule 17(a) substitution
• granting a motion to proceed anonymously when a plaintiff had HBV
• “[A]ny additional prejudice to the defendant’s reputation or ability to operate merely by the pursuit of the action under a pseudonym appears minimal” despite negative publicity regarding the defendant.
• “embarrassment and fear of stigmatization because [plaintiff] has . . . a sexually and blood-transmitted disease”
• “[A]ny additional prejudice to the defendant[s’] reputation or ability to operate merely by pursuit of this action under a pseudonym appears minimal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).