Jane Doe v. James T. DeWees, et al.
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FirstAmendment Securities
Do homeless people known by their common-law names and without home addresses have a constitutional right to sue in state courts for remedy of injuries?
QUESTION PRESENTED The fundamental right of all persons to seek remedy for injury via the courts has been variously , grounded in Article IV’s privileges and immunities clause, the First Amendment, and the Fourteenth Amendment. Actions seeking remedy are necessarily filed in the names of the real parties in interest. It has jong been established that a person has the right to sue in the name which he has chosen for himself and the name by which he known and identified by other humans in society; this is a common law right throughout the States. Question: Do homeless people known by their common-law names and without home addresses have a constitutional right to sue in state courts for remedy of injuries?