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"For the first time, the Supreme Court had to decide whether a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit can be excluded from court for disrupting the proceedings."
“For the first time, the Supreme Court had to decide whether a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit can be excluded from court for disrupting the proceedings.”
- Speaker
- Speaker A
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- 0:00 – 0:24
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- September 9, 2026
From the transcript
On June 5th, 2026, the Alaska Supreme Court issued an opinion in Humphrey v. Srijis. For the first time, the Supreme Court had to decide whether a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit can be excluded from court for disrupting the proceedings. A man sued his neighbors over a property line dispute. The case went to trial, and the man represented himself. Many people represent themselves in civil cases.
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