Metro-North train crash spurs calls for mandatory crash-prevention devices. Think twice [Steve Chapman]
BP sues attorney Mikal Watts [Insurance Journal] Exaggerated Gulf-spill claims as a business ethics issue [Legal NewsLine]
Pot-war fan: “Freedom also means the right not to be subjected to a product I consider immoral” [one of several Baltimore Sun letters to the editor in reaction to my piece on marijuana legalization, and Gregory Kline’s response]
Aaron Powell, The Humble Case for Liberty [Libertarianism.org]
Allegation: lawprof borrowed a lot of his expert witness report from Wikipedia [Above the Law]
Frivolous “sovereign citizen” lawsuits on rise in southern Jersey [New Jersey Law Journal, earlier]
Star of Hitchcock avian thriller had filed legal malpractice action: “Tippi Hedren wins $1.5 million in bird-related law suit” [Telegraph]

2 Comments

It’s a shame the term “sovereign citizen” — sounds so noble — is used for these cases, which are (truly) nutball attempts to subvert the court system. But they do fit a pattern. The funny thing is that while these guys (who don’t actually seem to fit a set demographic — I see them old, young, black, white — though usually male) often reject the jurisdiction of the court when they’re on the receiving end, they sure do use it a lot on the giving end.
- December 23, 2013 3:45 PM
- By Anonymous Attorney
Re: Metro-North train crash spurs calls for mandatory crash-prevention devices.
Think anti-lock brakes, and the false sense of security it gives to careless drivers…

Sovereign Citizen, eh? More like Nuisance Citizen, IMHO. But then, consider the source – IANAL .
- December 24, 2013 1:58 PM
- By Igor