Bloomberg Law
Oct. 31, 2018, 8:02 AM UTCUpdated: Oct. 31, 2018, 3:36 PM UTC

No Halloween Trick, Attorney Argues for Himself at Supreme Court

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Reporter

Court watchers got a treat on Halloween when the U.S. Supreme Court heard an oral argument for the first time in a dozen years from someone representing himself.

Ted Frank took the podium “pro se” to argue against the use of a frequent class action remedy that allows leftover settlement money to be distributed to a charitable or other organization.

Although Frank is a well-known class action objector, it’s still rare for pro se litigants to even convince the justices to take up their case. It’s even more uncommon for the justices to allow that person to act as an ...

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