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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 29 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Oxendine v. Williams.

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1 Oxendine v. Williams Anchor
ca4 · 1975
green “he competence of a layman representing himself clearly too limited to allow him to risk the rights of others.” 20
2 Joseph Wojcicki v. SCANA Corporation
ca4 · 2020
green “allowing individuals to represent themselves pro se 'reflects a respect for the choice of an individual citizen to plead his or her own cause,' but so does the bar preventing individuals without legal expertise from representing others.” 9

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