· 10/29/2002
Pembroke School Committee v. Veader
Citations
- 809 A.2d 624
- 2002 ME 161
- 2002 Me. LEXIS 186
- 2002 WL 31650874
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that a sovereign citizen’s belief that he or she is “neither subject to federal law nor federal courts’ jurisdiction” is meritless
- noting that sovereign citizens “generally believe that they are neither subject to federal law nor federal courts’ jurisdiction” and that their claims “of course, lack merit”
- noting that sovereign citizens “generally believe that they are neither subject to federal law nor federal courts’ jurisdiction” and that their claims “of course, lack merit”
- recognizing sovereign citizens’ right to represent themselves “despite their frivolous beliefs about the law”
- collecting cases describing the general belief of so-called “sovereign citizens” that “they are neither subject to federal law nor federal courts’ jurisdiction”
- “[C]ourts have repeatedly concluded that ‘sovereign citizens’ may represent themselves despite their frivolous beliefs about the law.”
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Judges: Alexander, Calkins, Clifford, Dana, Levy, Rudman, Saufley
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