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Supreme Court Verdict

 

 
(Translation)
 
Translation Date: April 16, 2012
Translator: Wayne Douglas
 
 

Court Record (Verdict)

Case Number

Heisei 23 (O) No.1204

Heisei 23 (Uke) No.1360

Date of Verdict

Heisei 23/10/13 (Oct 13th, 2011)

Court

Supreme Court of Japan – Courtroom 1

Chief Justice

Judges

Tomoyuki Yokoda

Koji Miyagawa

Ryuko Sakurai

Seishi Kanatsuki

Yu Shiroki

Parties Involved

As outlined in Involved Parties Record appended

Original Verdict

Tokyo High Court – Case Number Heisei 21 (Ne) No.4966 (Verdict: Heisei 23/2/7 (Feb 7th, 2011)

The judges’ unanimous decision is as follows:

Clause 1: Principle Statement

(1) The appeal in this case is dismissed

(2) The appeal in this case will not proceed

(3) Appeal fees and application fees will be the responsibility of the appellant

 

Clause 2: Grounds

(1) Regarding the Appeal Against Constitutional Infringement

In civil cases grounds of appeal to the Supreme Court are limited to, and are only acceptable when they come under Civil Act 312 Section 1 or 2, however, despite the claim being made against an infringement of the constitution, the actual content of the appeal is stating a claim against “error in fact” and mere “statutorily infringement”, and therefore, clearly does not prescribe to the clauses outlined above.

(2) Regarding the Appeal Against Judicial Proceeding Infringement

Based on the reasons in the appeal, this case does not warrant recognition under Civil Act 318 Section 1.

 

                     Dated: Heisei 23/10/1 (Oct 13th, 2011)

                                   Supreme Court of Japan – Courtroom 1

                                                 Court Secretary: Shunichi Tsuruoka

 

 


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Involved Parties Record

Appellant of Final Appeal (Claimant):
Wayne Michael Douglas

Appellee of Final Appeal (Defendant):
YI

Appellee of Final Appeal (Defendant):
X X

Respective Case Representative Lawyer:
MK and Associates


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My Comments

Upon contacting the court secretary and enquiring about whether disallowing a key witness the opportunity to testify forms an infringement against the constitution, the answer was "whether or not it does would be determined at the judge’s discretion".

 

 


Justice or Not?

  • I think the ultimate discrepancy in the High Court Verdict is that the Judge failed to rule out the fact I was dependent in terms of the DSM-IV-TR (worldwide recognized diagnostic standard) which formed the overall basis for the entire case.
  • Although the Judge addressed two of the criteria in tolerance (criteria 1) and withdrawal (criteria 2), albeit without any direct reference to the DSM-IV-TR itself, he completely failed to address the other three that were being claimed – effectively leaving them standing.

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