Case Law Running Comprehensive Compilation
Case Law Running Comprehensive Compilation
Case Law Running Comprehensive Compilation
City of Dallas v Mitchell, 245 S.W. 944 “To take away all remedy for the enforcement of a right is to
take away the right itself. But that is not within the power of the State.”
Poindexter v. Greenhow, 114 U.S. 270, 303 (1885). Brady v. U.S., 397 U.S. 742, 748, (1970) "Waivers
of Constitutional Rights, not only must they be voluntary, they must be knowingly intelligent acts done
with sufficient awareness."
Williamson v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 815 F.2d. 369, ACLU Foundation v. Barr,
952 F.2d. 457, 293 U.S. App. DC 101, (CA DC 1991).
"It is the duty of all officials whether legislative, judicial, executive, administrative, or ministerial to so
perform every official act as not to violate constitutional provisions."
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DRIVER. One employed in conducting or operating a coach, carriage, wagon, or other vehicle, with
horses, mules, or other animals, or a bicycle, tricycle, or motor car, though not a street railroad car. A
person actually doing driving, whether employed by owner to drive or driving his own vehicle. Wallace
v. Woods, 340 Mo. 452, 102 S.W.2d 91, 97. [Black's Law Dictionary, 4th Ed.]
"The right of the citizen to travel upon the public highways and to transport his property thereon, either
by a carriage or automobile, is not a mere privilege which a City may prohibit or permit at will, but a
common right which he has under the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." Thompson v.
Smith 154 SE 579.
"... It is now universally recognized that the state does possess such power with respect to common
carriers using the public highways for the transaction of their business in the transportation of persons
or property for hire. That rule is stated as follows by the supreme court of the United States: 'A citizen
may have, under the fourteenth amendment, the right to travel and transport his property upon them
(the public highways) by auto vehicle, but he has no right to make the highways his place of business
by using them as a common carrier for hire. Such use is a privilege which may be granted or withheld
by the state in its discretion, without violating either the due process clause or the equal protection
clause.' (Buck v. Kuykendall, 267 U. S. 307 [38 A. L. R. 286, 69 L. Ed. 623, 45 Sup. Ct. Rep. 324].)
“The use of the highway for the purpose of travel and transportation is not a mere privilege but a
fundamental right of which the public and individuals cannot rightfully be deprived.” Chicago Motor
Coach v. Chicago, 337 Ill. 200, 169 NE 22, 66 ALR 834. Ligare v. Chicago, 139 Ill. 46, 28 NE 934.
Boone v. Clark, 214 SW 607; 25 A JUR (1st) Highways, Sec. 163.
"First, it is well established law that the highways of the state are public property, and their primary and
preferred use is for private purposes, and that their use for purposes of gain is special and extraordinary
which, generally at least, the legislature may prohibit or condition as it sees fit." Stephenson vs.
Rinford, 287 US 251; Pachard vs Banton, 264 US 140, and cases cited; Frost and F. Trucking Co. vs.
Railroad Commission, 271 US 592; Railroad commission vs. Inter-City Forwarding Co.,57 SW.2d 290;
Parlett Cooperative vs. Tidewater Lines, 164 A. 313.
Public, adj. Pertaining to a state, nation, or whole community; proceeding from, relating to, or affecting
the whole body of people or an entire community. Open to all; notorious. Common to all or many;
general; open to common use. Belonging to the people at large; relating to or affecting the whole
people of a state, nation, or community; not limited or restricted to any particular class of the
community. Peacock v. Retail Credit Co., D.C.Ga., 302 F.Supp. 418, 423. [Black’s Law Dictionary, 5th
Ed. pg. 1104, (1979)]
(A system of registration and licensing, as is commonly thought to be lawful, is actually violating the
law because "not limited or restricted to any particular class of the community" means the state is
without power to impose such a scheme where only those who are licensed and registered get to use the
public roadsways. That is "limited or restricted to" only the licensed, registered class, not all members
of the public.)
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"The application of...(a code)...to detain appellant and require him to identify himself violated the
Fourth Amendment because the officers lacked any reasonable suspicion to believe appellant was
engaged, or had engaged, in criminal conduct. Accordingly, appellant may not be punished for refusing
to identify himself, and the conviction is reversed." (Probable cause) Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47,
(1979)
Berberian v. Lussier (1958) 139 A2d 869, 872 "The RIGHT of the citizen to DRIVE on the public
street with freedom from police interference, unless he is engaged in suspicious conduct associated in
some manner with criminality is a FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT which must be
protected by the courts."
'Whenever a law deprives the owner of the beneficial use and free enjoyment of his property, or
imposes restraints upon such use and enjoyment that materially affect its value, without legal process or
compensation, it deprives him of his property within the meaning of the constitution. ... It is not
necessary, in order to render the statute obnoxious to the restraints of the constitution, that it must in
terms or effect authorize the actual physical taking of the property or the thing itself, so long as it
affects its free use and enjoyment, or the power of disposition at the will of the owner.' [Forster v.
Scott,136 N. Y. 577, 18 L. R. A. 543, 32 N. E. 976; Monongahela Nav. Co. v. United States,148 U. S.
312, 336, 37 L. Ed. 463, 13 Sup. Ct. Rep. 622].
"Owner has constitutional right to use and enjoyment of his property."Simpson v. Los Angeles (1935),
4 C.2d 60, 47 P.2d 474.
"When rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule making or legislation
which would abrogate them." Miranda vs. Arizona, 384 US 436 p. 491.
"A state MAY NOT impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted (sic) by the Federal
Constitution." MURDOCK v PENNSYLVANIA, 319 US 105.
"No state shall convert a liberty into a license, and charge a fee therefore." [Murdock v. Pennsylvania,
319 U.S. 105]
"If the State converts a right (liberty) into a privilege, the citizen can ignore the license and fee and
engage in the right (liberty) with impunity." Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham, Alabama, 373 U.S.
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People v. Horton 14 Cal. App. 3rd 667 (1971) “A “US Citizen” upon leaving the District of Columbia
becomes involved in “interstate commerce”, as a “resident” does not have the common-law right to
travel, of a Citizen of one of the several states.”
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FRAUD:
Donnelly v. Dechristoforo, 1974.SCT.41709 ¶ 56; 416 U.S. 637 (1974) McNally v. U.S., 483 U.S. 350,
371-372, Quoting U.S. v Holzer, 816 F.2d. 304, 307 Fraud in its elementary common law sense of
deceit... includes the deliberate concealment of material information in a setting of fiduciary obligation.
A public official is a fiduciary toward the public,... and if he deliberately conceals material information
from them he is guilty of fraud.
Boyce v. Grundy, 3 Pet. 210 "Fraud vitiates the most solemn contracts, documents
and even judgments."
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LIABLE FOR DAMAGES EVEN IF ACTING WITHIN THEIR DELEGATED AUTHORITY AND
NO CLAIM OF "ERROR" EXISTS:
"...where the officer's powers are limited by statute, his actions beyond those limitations are considered
individual and not sovereign actions. The officer is not doing the business which the sovereign has
empowered him to do or he is doing it in a way which the sovereign has forbidden. His actions are ultra
vires his authority and therefore may be made the object of specific relief. It is important to note (Page
690 ) that in such cases the relief can be granted, without impleading the sovereign, only because of the
officer's lack of delegated power. A claim of error in the exercise of that power is therefore not
sufficient. (Page 692) The respondent's contention, which the Court of Appeals sustained, was that
there exists a third category of cases in which the action of a Government official may be restrained or
directed. If, says the respondent, an officer of the Government wrongly takes or holds specific property
to which the plaintiff has title then his taking or holding is a tort, and 'illegal' as a matter of general law,
whether or not it be within his delegated powers. He may therefore be sued individually to prevent the
'illegal' taking or to recover the property 'illegally' held." Larson v. Domestic Foreign Commerce
Corporation, 337 U.S. 682, 69 S.Ct. 1457, 93 L.Ed. 1628 (1949)
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This common liberty results from the nature of man. His first law is to provide for his own
preservation, his first cares are those which he owes to himself; and, as soon as he reaches years of
discretion, he is the sole judge of the proper means of preserving himself, and consequently becomes
his own master. THE SOCIAL CONTRACT by Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1762
"As general rule men have natural right to do anything which their inclinations may suggest, if it be not
evil in itself, and in no way impairs the rights of others." In Re Newman(1858), 9 C. 502.
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UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF A STATUTE:
"The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and name of law, is in
reality no law, but is wholly void, and ineffective for any purpose; since unconstitutionality dates from
the time of its enactment, and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it. "No one is bound
to obey an unconstitutional law and NO courts are bound to enforce it." 16 Am Jur 2nd, Sec 177 late
2d, Sec 256.
"The word 'shall' in a statute may be construed to mean 'may', particularly in order to avoid a
constitutional doubt." Fort Howard Paper Co. v Fox River Heights Sanitary Dist., 26 NW 2d 661
"If necessary, to avoid unconstitutionality of a statute, 'shall' will be deemed equivalent to 'may.'" Gow
v Consolidated Copper Mines Corp., 165 Atl 136.
"'Shall' in a statute may be construed to mean 'may' in order to avoid constitutional doubt." Grover
Williams College v Village of Williams Bay, 7 NW 2d 891.
But whenever the operation and effect of any general regulation is to extinguish or destroy that which
by law of the land is the property of any person, so far as it has that effect, it is unconstitutional and
void. Thus, a law is considered as being a deprivation of property within the meaning of this
constitutional guaranty if it deprives an owner of one of its essential attributes, destroys its value,
restricts or interrupts its common, necessary, or profitable use, hampers the owner in the application of
it to the purposes of trade, or imposes conditions upon the right to hold or use it and thereby seriously
impairs its value. (Statute) 167 Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, Section 369.
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The words "sovereign state" are cabalistic words, not understood by the disciple of liberty, who has
been instructed in our constitutional schools. It is our appropriate phrase when applied to an absolute
despotism. The idea of sovereign power in the government of a republic is incompatible with the
existence and foundation of civil liberty and the rights of property. [Gaines v. Buford, 31 Ky. (1 Dana)
481, 501].
“The sovereignty of a state does not reside in the persons who fill the different departments of its
government, but in the People, from whom the government emanated; and they may change it at their
discretion. Sovereignty, then in this country, abides with the constituency, and not with the agent; and
this remark is true, both in reference to the federal and state government.” [Spooner v. McConnell, 22 F
939 @ 943]
"Statutes employing the word 'person' are ordinarily construed to exclude the sovereign." 56 L.Ed. 2d.
895.
"The rights of the individual are not derived from governmental agencies, either municipal, state or
federal, or even from the Constitution. They exist inherently in every man, by endowment of the
Creator, and are merely reaffirmed in the Constitution, and restricted only to the extent that they have
been voluntarily surrendered by the citizenship to the agencies of government. The people's rights are
not derived from the government, but the government's authority comes from the people."City of
Dallas v. Mitchell, 245 S.W. 944 (Tex. App. - Dallas [5th Dist.], 1922)
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Even if each man could alienate himself, he could not alienate his children: they are born men and free;
their liberty belongs to them, and no one but they has the right to dispose of it. Before they come to
years of discretion, the father can, in their name, lay down conditions for their preservation and well-
being, but he cannot give them irrevocably and without conditions: such a gift is contrary to the ends of
nature, and exceeds the rights of paternity. It would therefore be necessary, in order to legitimize an
arbitrary government, that in every generation the people should be in a position to accept or reject it.
[THE SOCIAL CONTRACT by Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1762]