Court of Queen=s Bench of Alberta Citation: Meads v. Meads, 2012 ABQB 571 Date: 20120918 Docket: 4803 155609 Registry: Edmonton Between: 2012 ABQB 571 (CanLII) Crystal Lynne Meads Appellant - and - Dennis Larry Meads Respondent Editorial Notice: On behalf of the Government of Alberta personal data identifiers have been removed from this unofficial electronic version of the judgment. _______________________________________________________ Reasons for Decision of the Associate Chief Justice J.D. Rooke _______________________________________________________ ii Table of Contents I. Introduction to Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument [OPCA] Litigants .. 1 II. The Present Litigation ...................................................................................................... 2 A. Prior Activity ......................................................................................................... 3 B. The June 8, 2012 Hearing..................................................................................... 4 C. Subsequent Developments .................................................................................... 9 D. The Purposes of These Reasons ......................................................................... 12 1. Ms. Meads ................................................................................................. 12 2. Mr. Meads ................................................................................................. 12 3. A Broad Set of OPCA Concepts and Materials ........................................ 13 4. Mr. Meads Faces No Unexpected Sanction .............................................. 14 III. Overview of these Reasons ............................................................................................. 14 2012 ABQB 571 (CanLII) IV. The OPCA Phenomenon ................................................................................................ 15 A. Characteristics of OPCA Group Members ...................................................... 18 B. The OPCA Guru ................................................................................................. 19 1. Russell Porisky and the Paradigm Education Group ................................ 19 2. Other Canadian Gurus............................................................................... 22 a. David Kevin Lindsay ..................................................................... 22 b. John Ruiz Dempsey ....................................................................... 25 c. Robert Arthur Menard .................................................................. 29 d. Eldon Gerald Warman .................................................................. 30 e. David J. Lavigne ........................................................................... 31 f. Edward Jay Robin Belanger ......................................................... 32 g. Other Gurus .................................................................................. 34 h. Mr. Meads Guru............................................................................ 35 3. How Gurus Operate .................................................................................. 36 C. OPCA Litigants ................................................................................................... 37 D. OPCA Movements............................................................................................... 40 1. Detaxers .................................................................................................... 40 2. Freemen-on-the-Land................................................................................ 40 3. Sovereign Men or Sovereign Citizens ...................................................... 41 4. The Church of the Ecumenical Redemption International [CERI]........... 43 5. Moorish Law ............................................................................................. 44 6. Conclusion - OPCA Movements .............................................................. 45 V. Indicia of OPCA Litigants, Litigation, and Strategies ................................................ 46 A. Documentary Material ....................................................................................... 46 1. Name Motifs ............................................................................................. 47 2. Document Formalities and Markings........................................................ 48 3. Specific Phrases and Language................................................................. 50 4. Legislation and Legal Documents............................................................. 51 5. Atypical Mailing Addresses...................................................................... 53 6. Conclusion and Summary of Documentary Indicia .................................. 54 B. In Court Conduct ................................................................................................ 54 1. Demands.................................................................................................... 54 iii 2. Documentation .......................................................................................... 56 3. Names and Identification .......................................................................... 56 4. Court Authority or Jurisdiction ................................................................. 57 5. Other In-Court Motifs ............................................................................... 58 6. Summary of In-Court Indicia .................................................................... 58 C. Conclusion - OPCA Indicia ................................................................................ 59 1. Procedural Responses to Suspected OPCA Documents ........................... 59 2. Courtroom Procedure Responses to Suspected OPCA Litigants.............. 60 VI. OPCA Concepts and Arguments ................................................................................... 61 A. The Litigant is Not Subject to Court Authority ............................................... 62 1. Restricted Court Jurisdiction..................................................................... 62 a. Admiralty or Military Courts ........................................................ 62 2012 ABQB 571 (CanLII) b. Notaries are the Real Judges ........................................................ 64 c. Religion or Religious Belief Trumps the Courts ........................... 64 2. Defective Court Authority ........................................................................ 66 a. Oaths ............................................................................................. 66 b. The Court Proves It Has Jurisdiction and Acts Fairly ................. 67 c. Court Formalities.......................................................................... 68 d. The State is Defective .................................................................... 69 e. Conclusion - Defective Court Authority ....................................... 69 3. Immune to Court Jurisdiction - Magic Hats ............................................. 69 a. I Belong to an Exempt Group ....................................................... 70 b. I Declare Myself Immune .............................................................. 73 c. I Have Been Incorrectly Identified................................................ 74 d. I Am Subject to a Different Law.................................................... 75 e. Conscientious Objector................................................................. 77 f. Tax-Related Magic Hats ............................................................... 78 g. Miscellaneous................................................................................ 80 4. The Inherent Authority of Provincial Superior Courts ............................. 81 a. Superior Courts of Inherent Jurisdiction ...................................... 81 b. Procedural Jurisdiction ................................................................ 82 c. Subject Jurisdiction....................................................................... 84 d. Inherent Jurisdiction vs. OPCA Strategies and Concepts ............ 86 B. Obligation Requires Agreement ........................................................................ 87 1. Defeating Legislation ................................................................................ 88 2. Everything is a Contract............................................................................ 89 3. Consent is Required .................................................................................. 92 4. Conclusion - Obligation Requires Agreement .......................................... 93 5. Court Misconduct by Everything is a Contract and Consent is Required Litigants .................................................................................................... 93 C. Double/Split Persons ........................................................................................... 94 1. Unshackling the Strawman ....................................................................... 96 2. Dividing Oneself ....................................................................................... 97 3. In-Court Behaviour of the Divided Person ............................................... 99 iv 4. Conclusion - Double/Split Person Schemes............................................ 101 D. Unilateral Agreements .....................................................................................