Time: Thu Jun 12 17:57:21 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA27700 for [address in tool bar]; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:52:16 -0700 (MST) Delivered-To: liberty-and-justice-outgoing@majordomo.pobox.com Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 17:52:54 -0700 To: Common Right Group at San Diego county <sj346280@4dcomm.com> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: L&J: SLF: Table of Contents, U.S.A. v. Gilbertson, 8th Cir. [This text is formatted in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.] Everett C. Gilbertson, Sui Juris Citizen of Minnesota state and federal witness c/o Rural Route 1, Box 140 Battle Lake [zip code exempt] MINNESOTA STATE In Propria Persona Under Protest and by Special Visitation UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [sic], ) Case No. 97-2099-MNST ) Plaintiff [sic]/ ) USDC Minneapolis #CR-4-96-65 Appellees, ) v. ) ) EVERETT C. GILBERTSON [sic], ) ) Defendant [sic]/ ) Appellant. ) ________________________________) ) Everett C. Gilbertson, ) DCUS Minneapolis #4-96-65 ) Plaintiff/Appellant, ) ) v. ) APPELLANT'S OPENING BRIEF ) United States, ) (first impression) James M. Rosenbaum, ) and Does 2-99, ) ON APPEAL FROM CONVICTION ) AND JUDGMENT IN THE USDC Respondents. ) ________________________________) Prepared on Behalf of Appellant by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. Counselor at Law, federal witness and Counsel to Appellant (2) Table of Contents Page (1) Summary .................................................. 1 (2) Table of Contents (this page) ............................ 2 (A) Table of Cases ...................................... 3 (B) Statutes ............................................ 4 (C) Other Authorities ................................... 5 (3) Preliminary Statement .................................... 7 Verification by Appellant ........................... 7 (4) Statement of Issues: ..................................... 8 (A) Jury Selection and Service Act ("JSSA") ............. 8 (B) Minnesota Voter Registration Practices ............. 11 (C) Apportionment of Congressional Districts ........... 15 (D) Blanket FOIA Exemption for Judiciary ............... 19 (E) Federal Removal Statutes ........................... 27 (F) Downes Doctrine Revisited .......................... 40 (G) Vagueness in the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") ..... 44 (5) Statement of the Case ................................... 48 (6) Summary of Argument ..................................... 49 (7) Proof of Service ........................................ 50 (8) Appendices, by docket date/entry (under separate cover): 5/16/97 MOTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC (8th Circuit) 4/17/97 COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF 4/17/97 AFFIDAVIT OF APPLICABLE LAW & DENIAL OF LIABILITY 4/14/97 PETITION FOR WARRANT OF REMOVAL BY 3-JUDGE PANEL 4/09/97 AFFIDAVITS OF DEFAULT AND OF PROBABLE CAUSE 4/02/97 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF STAY MOTION (2 of 3) 4/02/97 VERIFIED STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF CHALLENGE TO JSSA 3/20/97 NOTICE & DEMAND FOR PROOF OF POWER, STANDING, JURISDIC. 3/20/97 NOTICE & DEMAND TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF CRIMINAL JURIS. 3/20/97 MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF CHALLENGE TO CRIMINAL JURIS. 2/18/97 NOTICE & DEMAND FOR MANDATORY JUDICIAL NOTICE (FOIA) 10/31/96 MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS/CHALLENGE TO JSSA (1 of 3) 10/31/96 MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS 7/17/96 MEMORANDUM: CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF USDC JURORS 6/06/96 STATUS REPORT & CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO THE FOIA/PRIVACY ACT library The Federal Zone: Cracking the Code of Internal Revenue (A) Table of Cases U.S. Supreme Court: American Insurance Co. v. 356 Bales of Cotton:........ 30, 31, 33 Atkins v. Texas:.............................................. 10 Baker v. Carr:................................................ 13 Balzac v. Porto Rico [sic]:............................... 31, 33 Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Company:.................. 25 Cassell v. Texas:............................................. 10 Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.:..................... 7 Connally v. General Construction Co.:......................... 45 Downes v. Bidwell:................................ 12, 26, 40, 42 Evans v. Gore:............................................ 40, 41 Gregory v. Ashcroft:.......................................... 12 Helstoski v. Meanor:........................................... 7 Hooven & Allison v. Evatt:................................ 24, 43 International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union v. Juneau Spruce Corp.:..................................... 31 Marbury v. Madison:........................................... 13 Miranda v. Arizona:........................................... 13 Mookini v. U.S.:.............................................. 28 New York v. United States:.................................... 12 Norton v. Shelby County:...................................... 13 O'Donoghue v. U.S.:........................................... 28 O'Malley v. Woodrough:........................................ 41 Pierre v. Louisiana:.......................................... 10 Slaughter House Cases:......................................... 8 South Carolina v. Katzenbach:................................. 13 Spreckles Sugar Refining Co. v. McLain:....................... 46 U.S. v. Cruikshank:........................................ 8, 44 U.S. v. Lopez:..................................... 9, 30, 42, 43 U.S. v. Wigglesworth:......................................... 45 Waltz v. Tax Commission of New York City:..................... 27 U.S. Court of Appeals: Denison v. Commissioner (8th Cir.):........................... 23 Graves v. Snead (6th Cir.):................................... 29 Hubbard v. Ammerman (5th Cir.):............................... 29 International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union v. Wirtz (9th Cir.):........................................ 31 Lively v. Commissioner (8th Cir.):............................ 23 U.S. v. Griffin (9th Cir.):.................................... 7 U.S. v. Hicks (9th Cir.):..................................... 40 U.S. v. Johnson (4th Cir.):................................... 32 U.S. v. Layton (9th Cir.):..................................... 7 U.S. v. Tweel (5th Cir.):..................................... 20 U.S. v. Woodley (9th Cir.):................................... 27 U.S. v. Yellows Freight Systems, Inc. (9th Cir.):.............. 7 U.S. v. Saunders (9th Cir.):.................................. 29 Valley Broadcasting Co. v. USDC (9th Cir.):................... 20 Federal District Courts: In Re Grand Jury Subpoena Served on New Life Health Center, (USDC, D. Arizona):..................................... 18, 43 Lord v. Kelley (USDC, D. Massachusetts):...................... 41 U.S. v. De Cadena (USDC, N.D. California):.................... 44 U.S. v. One 1972 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (USDC, E.D.Ky.):..... 28 State Courts: Alexander v. R.D. Geier & Sons Co. (Maryland Appeals):........ 14 Carmine v. Bowen (Maryland Appeals):...................... 17, 20 Carter v. Commission on Qualifications (California Supreme):.. 13 Crosse v. Board of Supervisors (Maryland Appeals):............. 8 Dyett v. Turner (Utah Supreme):............................... 24 Erdahl v. Spannaus (Minnesota District):...................... 11 Ex parte Knowles (California Supreme):......................... 9 Fort v. Civil Service Commission: (California Supreme):....... 13 Gardina v. Board of Registrars (Alabama Supreme):.......... 8, 10 People v. Boxer (California Supreme):..................... 23, 27 People v. Pablo De La Guerra (California Supreme):............. 9 People v. Washington (California Supreme):................. 13-14 Respublica v. Wray (Pennsylvania Supreme):.................... 20 State v. Bernoudy (Missouri Supreme):......................... 20 State v. Christensen (Utah Supreme):.......................... 20 State v. Fowler (Louisiana Supreme):........................... 8 State v. Jones (Hawaii Supreme):.............................. 10 Other Courts Roa v. Collector (Philippine Supreme):........................ 11 (B) Statutes Federal Statutes: 1 U.S.C.:.................................................... 44 1 U.S.C. 1:.............................................. 28, 32 5 U.S.C. 551(A), (B):........................................ 20 5 U.S.C. 552 et seq.:........................................ 35 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(B):........................... 18, 35, 36, 38 5 U.S.C. 552(f):............................................. 19 5 U.S.C. 3331:........................................... 20, 38 18 U.S.C. 242:................................................ 14 18 U.S.C. 1962:............................................... 32 18 U.S.C. 1964:............................................... 32 18 U.S.C. 3241:............................................... 31 26 U.S.C.:............................................ 29, 44, 45 26 U.S.C. 7206(1):............................................. 7 26 U.S.C. 7401:............................................... 28 28 U.S.C.:........................................ 17, 29, 30, 45 28 U.S.C. 132:............................................ 29, 45 28 U.S.C. 297:................................................ 12 28 U.S.C. 453:............................................ 20, 38 28 U.S.C. 951:............................................ 20, 38 28 U.S.C. 1291:................................................ 7 28 U.S.C. 1346(1):............................................ 22 28 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.:................................... 32, 33 28 U.S.C. 1441(a):............................................ 35 28 U.S.C. 1441(b):.................................... 34, 35, 39 28 U.S.C. 1441(e):.................................... 27, 38, 39 28 U.S.C. 1443:............................................... 37 28 U.S.C. 1446(c)(1):......................................... 36 28 U.S.C. 1447(d):............................ 27, 36, 37, 38, 39 28 U.S.C. 1451(2):........................................ 34, 39 28 U.S.C. 1631:........................................... 22, 39 28 U.S.C. 1652:............................................... 40 28 U.S.C. 1738-1742:.......................................... 19 28 U.S.C. 1746(1):......................................... 7, 21 28 U.S.C. 1861:............................................... 16 28 U.S.C. 1865(b)(1):............................... 8, 9, 10, 16 28 U.S.C. 1867(d):........................................ 16, 45 28 U.S.C. 2284:............................................... 15 28 U.S.C. 2402:............................................... 22 Act June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 895:.......................... 29, 30 Act November 13, 1963, 77 Stat. 331:.......................... 29 Act September 13, 1994:....................................... 14 Civil Rights Act (1866):....................................... 9 Expatriation Statute:......................................... 12 Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"):............................. .......................18, 19, 21, 27, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"):.................... 23, 24, 44, 46 IRC section 1(c):............................................. 23 IRC section 7206:............................................. 44 IRC section 7401:......................................... 27, 44 IRC section 7402:..................................... 28, 29, 44 IRC section 7851(a)(6)(A):.................................... 44 IRC subtitle F:............................................... 44 Jury Selection and Service Act ("JSSA"):.................. 11, 15 P.L. 92-310, P.L. 103-322:................................ 28, 14 State Statutes Minnesota Statute 201.014:.................................... 11 (C) Other Authorities Federal Constitution: U.S. Constitution:.10, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 28, 29, 40, 42, 43 Article I:................................................ 28, 41 Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 ("1:2:2"):...................... 9 Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 ("1:2:3"):................. 23, 24 Article I, Section 3, Clause 3 ("1:3:3"):...................... 9 Article I, Section 8:......................................... 23 Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 ("1:8:17"):............ 9, 40, 43 Article I, Section 9, Clause 4 ("1:9:4"):................. 23, 24 Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 ("2:1:5"):..................... 9 Article III:.............................. 18, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 Article III, Section 1 ("3:1"):................... 40, 41, 42, 43 Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 ("3:2:1"):.................... 9 Article IV:........................................... 28, 32, 41 Article IV, Section 1 ("4:1"):............................ 10, 19 Full Faith and Credit Clause ("4:1"):.................. 10, 19 Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 ("4:2:1"):................. 9, 41 Privileges and Immunities Clause ("4:2:1"):............. 9, 41 Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 ("4:3:2"):............. 9, 31, 34 Territory Clause ("4:3:2"):......................... 9, 31, 34 Article IV, Section 4 ("4:4"):.................... 11, 12, 13, 15 Guarantee Clause ("4:4"):...................... 11, 12, 13, 15 Article VI, Clause 2 ("6:2"):..................... 12, 13, 19, 20 Supremacy Clause ("6:2"):...................... 12, 13, 19, 20 Article VI, Clause 3 ("6:3"):..................... 19, 20, 21, 38 Oath of Office Clause ("6:3"):................. 19, 20, 21, 38 Preamble, Bill of Rights:..................................... 14 First Amendment:.......................................... 11, 15 Petition Clause:....................................... 19, 34 Fifth Amendment:...................................... 21, 34, 37 Due Process Clause:.................................... 27, 37 Sixth Amendment:.............................................. 44 Nature and Cause Clause:................................... 44 Seventh Amendment:............................................ 22 Ninth Amendment:.......................................... 21, 43 Tenth Amendment:.......................... 11, 15, 16, 21, 34, 43 Thirteenth Amendment (1819):.............................. 10, 20 Fourteenth amendment (1868):.......................... 13, 23, 24 Sixteenth amendment (1913):................... 23, 24, 40, 46, 47 Declaration of Independence:.................................. 14 United States Treaties:............................... 27, 35, 40 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights:..... 27, 40 Universal Declaration of Human Rights:.................... 27, 40 State Constitutions:.......................................... 21 Minnesota state Constitution:............................. 11, 15 Article VII, Sections 1, 6:................................ 11 Code of Federal Regulations: 26 CFR 1.1-1(a)(1):........................................... 23 26 CFR 1.1-1(a) thru (c):..................................... 23 31 CFR 51.2:.............................................. 34, 37 31 CFR 52.2:.............................................. 34, 37 Federal Rules of Procedure: Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Local Rule 28A(j):...... 25 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 38:.................... 22 Federal Rules of Evidence, Rule 201(d):....................... 19 U.S. Treasury Decisions: Treasury Decision 2313:................................... 24, 25 Legal Maxims/Doctrines: Downes Doctrine:...................................... 24, 40, 43 Equal Footing Doctrine:....................................... 13 Inclusio unius est exclusio alterius:.............. 9, 10, 29, 35 In pari materia:.............................................. 22 Lex non cogit impossibilia:................................... 25 Nunc pro tunc:................................................ 22 Reductio ad absurdum:.......................................... 9 Other Sources: A Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records, 1993 Edition, H. Rep. 103-104, 103rd Cong., 1st Sess.:...... 18 American Digest System:....................................... 21 American Jurisprudence:....................................... 13 Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition:.. 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 29 Corpus Juris:................................................. 20 Corpus Juris Secundum:........................................ 20 The Federal Zone: Cracking the Code of Internal Revenue:......... ............................................... 9, 24, 25, 42, 47 Merritt, "The Guarantee Clause and State Autonomy: Federalism for a Third Century," 88 Columbia Law Review 1 (1988):...... 12 Sutherland, Statutes and Statutory Construction:.............. 45 UCLA Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, Dec. 1976:................... 41 # # # ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.2 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. 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