Capitalization-Theory

Movement claim: A name rendered in ALL CAPITALS refers to a fictitious corporate entity ('straw man') and the typographic difference is a misnomer supporting common-law abatement of the proceeding — foreclosed

The straw-man theory that 'JOHN DOE' refers to a fictitious corporate entity distinct from 'John Doe' has no statute, no court rule, and no judicial decision behind it. Common-law misnomer requires actual misnaming, not typographic variation. Court captions use all-caps because that is the standard formatting of court captions. The theory is one of the most heavily sanctioned filings in the movement repertoire.