Information Note on the Court’s case-law 50

February 2003

Duringer and Others v. France (dec.) - 61164/00 and 18589/02

Decision 4.2.2003 [Section II]

Article 35

Article 35-3-a

Abuse of the right of application

Application including numerous insuling remarks in respect of the Court and the Registry: inadmissible

The applicants complained about proceedings they had brought before the Conseil d'Etat with a view to a nnulling a decree on companies and the management of betting on horse races. They were unsuccessful in their action and raised various articles of the Convention before the Court.

Inadmissible : The applications of Messrs Duringer and "Forest Grunge" were h eld inadmissible: those applicants had sent numerous communications containing serious accusations against judges of the Court and officials of the Registry and statements without any foundation which were extremely insulting and wild and repeatedly reiter ated, and did not fall within the ambit of Article 34 of the Convention. The intolerable conduct of Mr Gérard Duringer and, assuming that he existed, "Forest Grunge" was contrary to the aim of the right of individual application as provided for by Articles 34 and 35 of the Convention. It was an abuse of the right of application within the meaning of Article 35 § 3.

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