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UNITED STATES v. VAN DYKE

Civ. No. 83-157-RE.

568 F.Supp. 820 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Lyle H. VAN DYKE; Robert C. Randolph, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

May 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Turner, U.S. Atty., Herbert C. Sundby, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., Larry Meuwissen, Trial Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Lyle H. Van Dyke, pro se.

Robert L. Randolph, pro se.

Alan S. Bachman, Asst. County Counsel, Hillsboro, Or., for defendant Mason, County Clerk of Washington County.

John B. Leahy, County Counsel, Portland, Or., for defendant Wilcox, County Clerk of Multnomah County.

Michael E. Judd, Asst. County Counsel, Oregon City, Or., for defendant Orr, County Clerk of Clackamas County.

OPINION

REDDEN, District Judge:

The United States brought this action to deter persons commonly described as "tax protesters" from filing various documents with county clerks. The documents in question are meaningless, void writings designated as "Common Law Liens." The forms upon which some of the liens are drafted are copyrighted to one Gerald Hanson, who delights in filing frivolous lawsuits. See Hanson v. Goodwin, 432 F.Supp...

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