List of notable micronational legal cases

This is a list of notable legal cases in micronations. A micronational legal case is any legal dispute, criminal or civil, heard by a court of competent jurisdiction within a micronation. This list draws a distinction between civil cases, which govern disputes between individuals and organisations commonly mediated by an arbitrator or civil court judge, and criminal cases, where an individual, group of individuals, organisations or nations are brought to trial to face accusations of having committed crimes, usually following indictment or formal arraignment by a relevant government or international body.

List of civil cases heard in micronations

Case name	Jurisdiction	Court	Plaintiff(s)	Defendant(s)	Date decided	Summary	Decision
R v Los Papangeles Water Authority	Free City-State of Edenopolis	Imperial Halls of Justice, Edenopolis	Edenopolitical Government	Los Papangeles Water Authority	13 November 2016	The Los Papangeles Water Authority was accused by the government of building a set of water towers in the City-District of Los Papangeles without acquiring the necessary planning permission. The Water Authority plead no contest and agreed to an injunction against the water towers' operation.	The court ordered the injunction prohibiting the operation of the water towers and ordered the Water Authority to seek retrospective planning permission. The water towers ultimately did not get permission and were deconstructed.
Abeldane Empire v Grand Duchy of Alexander, ex parte	Abeldane Empire	Reichshöchsgericht, Abeldane Empire	Abeldane Government, via Attorney-General Horatio Eden	Grand Duchy of Alexander	1 April 2018	The Grand Duchy of Alexander was intending to initiate a state-level criminal trial against Michael Thomas Brazeau. Abeldane Attorney General Horatio Eden intervened, filing suit in the Reichshöchsgericht requesting an injunction to prohibit the trial on grounds that, given the personal animosity between Brazeau and Alexander's Grand Duke, Brazeau's civil right to a fair trial would be infringed.	The Reichshöchsgericht ordered that Alexander could not convene a court to hear Brazeau's case without obtaining the court's leave.
Bank of Nordkavn v Secretary for Interior	Nordkavn Federation	District Court for Eskhavn, later Court of Appeal for the First Circuit, Nordkavn	Bank of Nordkavn	Nordkavn Secretary for Interior	30 May 2018	In 2018, the Secretary for Interior filed a new regulation, the Bank of Nordkavn (Freedom of Information) Directive 2018, which required the Bank of Nordkavn to comply with freedom of information requests as it was performing functions of a public nature. The bank sued to prevent enforcement, arguing the Secretary had committed an error of law.	The District Court for Eskhavn initially sided with the government. Augustus J in his opinion found the Bank's monopoly over consumer spending made it a public authority for the purposes of the law. The bank appealed, and Chancellor Clark, giving the opinion of the Court of Appeal for the First Circuit, sided with the bank, writing that the underlying freedom of information legislation was intended to be used explicitly for the regulation of public authorities, with "public authority" construed narrowly.
Quebec et al. v Baustralia	Grand Unified Micronational	Supreme Court of the Grand Unified Micronational	Quebec, Ikonia	Baustralia	18 May 2019	There has historically been a succession of disputes between Quebec and Baustralia, in particular over the status of the Fox Islands territory. Controversy arose over Baustralia's attempted accession to the Grand Unified Micronational; since Quebec was also a member, the GUM's legislative body, Quorum, agreed to refer the dispute to the Supreme Court to determine whether Baustralia's activities as accused by Quebec amounted to a violation of international law which the organisation could adjudicate.	Quebec filed a total of seven complaints against Baustralia, joined by Ikonia: Disturbance of the peace Forcing other micronations to join Baustralia Illegal occupation of Kapreburg Defamation of character War, in violation of the GUM Charter Claims on previously-held micronational territory Quebecois contempt of court Supreme Justice Horatio Eden found that the complaints did not amount to a claim in law and dismissed the dispute after its first hearing.
In re. Matthew Comyn (SSC 2020-001)	Ceticilia	Supreme Court of Ceticilia	Unknown	Unknown	23 March 2020(?)	The court considered the application of a Ceticilian government regulation, CET 2019-007, which set out that an individual may not vote in elections in Ceticilia until at least 21 days has passed since their becoming a citizen, specifically with regards to a citizen named Matthew Comyn.	The court found that, not only did Matthew Comyn meet the time requirements to vote under CET 2019-007, the regulation itself was unconstitutional: in his decision Supreme Justice Álvaro Barredo ruled that "citizenship attains its full effect the moment it becomes effective by act of the Executive" - this full effect includes the right to vote, which CET 2019-007 abridged. The court therefore struck the regulation as null and void.
Confederacy v. Arstotzkan Union	Arstotzkan Union	Supreme Federal Court, Arstotzkan Union	Confederate Democracy of Gamers	Arstotzkan Federal Government	30 June 2022	In 2022, the Arstotzkan federal government updated the Civil Protection Act 2021 to include three new articles, 9 through 11, which exempted members of the Confederate Democracy of Gamers from the rights emunerated in the act. They also passed the Preventative Measures Act 2022, section 1 of which also had the effect of curtailing the rights of former CDG citizens. Members of the CDG's legal team filed suit, alleging these provisions were unconstitutional.	The court found that the new articles in the Civil Protection Act, as well as section 1 of the Preventative Measures Act, were unconstitutionally discriminatory against a class of citizens and those provisions were struck from the law.
Irikladis v. Corsello	Principality of Caudonia	High Court of Caudonia, Caudonia	Alexandros Irikladis	Francis Corsello	13 November 2022	Irikladis sued Corsello after Corsello allegedly sent a number of discriminatory and offensive messages in the Caudonia Discord server, pinging him and his associate Robert Smith.	The court found Irikladis' civil rights had not been violated. William I in his opinion found that the messages in question did not amount to discrimination or political persecution, and subsequently did not award Irikladis damages.
Caperelli v FEM	Federal Union of Wegmat	First District Court of Wegmat, later Supreme Court of Wegmat	Bushwood International Affairs Consultation Group	Wegmat Ministry of Foreign Exchange	28 April 2023	The Bushwood International Affairs Consultation Group sued the Foreign Exchange Ministry for alleged unlawful termination of their contract providing consultation services to Wegmat's delegation to the Grand Unified Micronational, given a lack of justification for the contract's termination.	The District Court found for the government, deciding the Ministry had not guaranteed employment to Bushwood, and that a letter published in evidence in the case could be considered written notice of the contract's termination. The finding was upheld on appeal, with the Supreme Court asserting that the lack of notice was immaterial to the lawfulness of the contract's being terminated.

List of criminal cases heard in micronations

Case name	Jurisdiction	Court	Defendant	Date decided	Summary	Verdict
The Imperial Majesty v HIM Emperor Jonathan I	Austenasia	Imperial Court, Austenasia	Jonathan I	19 January 2016	Emperor Jonathan I charged himself with high treason for his actions during the Fall of Wrythe in 2010, a surrender of the capital he had secretly pre-planned which ended the War of Orlian Reunification, and during the 5 January coup attempt in 2011 in which he unsuccessfully attempted to depose Emperor Esmond III. Three charges were ultimately brought: high treason, for ordering the Emperor restrained during the January coup attempt; high treason, again during the coup attempt, for attempting to trick the Emperor into abdicating the throne; and treason, for conspiring to bring about the fall of the capital.	The jury convicted Emperor Jonathan on all three charges. He was sentenced to a six-week period of exile, which he undertook at the Austenasian Embassy to the United Kingdom and Chester, voluntarily given his legal immunity as monarch.
Rex v Timpson	Baustralia	Court-martial, HRNRS Baustralia	Lord John Timpson	15 January 2018	Upon the arrival of the ship HRNRS Baustralia in Canada, Timpson believed himself no longer to be under the command of Baustralian royalty. He then failed to comply with a direct command from the Baustralian king.	Timpson was summarily fined 3 boercs.
Abelden v Brazeau	Abeldane Empire	Reichshöchsgericht, Abeldane Empire	Michael Thomas Brazeau	28 March 2018	Attorney General Horatio Eden accused Brazeau of creating the sockpuppet identity of "William Burr", allegedly to reach the minimum requirement of membership for party registration as well as to cast an extra vote for himself in upcoming elections.	The court dismissed the charges, finding that the government had failed to prove sockpuppetry was prohibited by Abeldane law. Eden indicated he would appeal, but did not ultimately do so.
Union of Nova-Occitania v Gamaliel Rodriguez & FIIFA	Union of Nova-Occitania	Constitutional Commission, Nova-Occitania	Gamaliel Rodriguez, FIIFA	July 2019	Rodriguez was accused by the Nova-Occitanian government of usurpation of public powers for using the name 'Occitania' in an eSports competition without the authorisation of the Occitanian Federation of Virtual Football. FIIFA was later accused as a 'moral person' on the same charge of usurpation. FIIFA countered that by becoming a member of the organisation, Nova-Occitania had given FIIFA an unrestricted right to the use of its image and representation.	The court found both Rodriguez and FIIFA guilty of usurpation of public powers. Both defendants were fined 15,000 diners. Rodriguez was banned from Nova-Occitania for 999 days, and FIIFA was banned from operating in the country for the same amount of time.
Great Lakes Council v Kapreburg	Great Lakes Council	Supreme Court, Great Lakes Council	Jack Morris	11 May 2020	Morris was accused of one count of not giving up land during a grace period, and one count of violating the charter of the organisation.	Morris refused to take the court proceedings seriously, and in addition to being found guilty of the failure to give up land and charter violation charges, he was also convicted on two counts of contempt of court.
I v Thompson	Empire of Adammia	High Court, Adammia	Lord Billy Thompson	26 October 2020	Lord Thompson submitted a list of Red Green Alliance candidates for the 2019 general election in Adammia, including a recently-joined citizen named Alex Nettle. Nettle was ultimately elected to the House of Citizens, but almost immediately resigned when he heard the news as he had not been informed he was a candidate. Emperor Adam I conferred with the Attorney General, Lord Helliker, who ultimately indicted Thompson on charges of knowingly providing false information on a candidate nomination form in violation of the Electoral Reform Act 2018. Thompson argued he honestly believed that Nettle was a candidate, and was unaware of his no longer being one.	The court found Thompson guilty of knowingly providing false information and accepted the prosecution's recommendation of a £3 fine. Nettle never sat as an MP and was replaced by Lady Sophie Thornton.
MediaSlav v Former employees	Republic of Slavtria	Supreme Court, Slavtria	Three former employees of MediaSlav SNTV	17 May 2022	MediaSlav accused three former employees of destroying company property and violating their contract. The three were also accused of attempting to bribe police officers after the fact.	The employees were found guilty of four counts of destruction of private property, seven counts of violating a legal and signed contract, and two counts of bribing an officer of the law. In addition, their "goofing around" in court led to an additional two convictions on contempt of court charges. The three were sentenced to a year's probation, and in August were ordered to pay MediaSlav's parent company, SNTV, Є500 in damages.
Neustria x Brestand	Democracies stability congress	Democracies Stability Congress Aulpannian Shatidom Zergue Republic Republic of Fiera Republic of Fronecos	No Defendant	27 January 2023	The 1st January 2023, Thermidor, the ruler of Brestand created a false war declaration of Neustria to Fronecos, he wanted by this way a war. Neustria, ruled by Wilfrid Orochi, started to talk with fronecos in a attempt of calming the tensions between the two kingdoms. This was a success. After that, Neustria and Fronecos started to negotiate to found who is the man who created this false flag war declaration, and they found Thermidor	The Democracies Stability congress is created to make sure this don't happen again, Thermidor and his country are now isolated because of the Nisida Aspro Treaty which consider Brestand as a Terrorist Organisation, is signed by a big part of micronation and Thermidor is judge by major parts of french micronation.
Arstotzkan Union v Bendolf	Arstotzkan Union	Supreme Federal Court, Arstotzkan Union	Bendolf Rikler	25 June 2023	The Arstotzkan government issued a court summons to Bendolf Rikler on 15 June 2023 following allegations he had illegally issued a threat against Arstotzkan Vice President Wesley von Dookington.	Following Rikler failing to appear for trial on 25 June, he was declared guilty in absentia and sentenced to a lifetime ban from entry to the Arstotzkan Union.
Rex v Jones	Baustralia	Court-martial, Baustralia	Captain Lucas Jones, Lance Corporal Marigona Sylvester	9 October 2023	Two members of the Baustralian armed forces were accused of committing mutiny, as well as committing the offence of conspiracy to commit mutiny, during a 23-minute incident in Opstandia while on duty. Captain Jones was additionally charged with failure to suppress a mutiny, and Lance Corporal Sylvester with obstructing operations.	Both individuals were convicted and removed from the armed forces.