Subject matter jurisdiction: Does the plaintiff have to be an individual person not an entity?

 

  One example in civil proceedings is a class-action lawsuit, another is co-plaintiffs or plaintiff(s) et al. Yet another example in criminal proceedings is The People vs Defendant or Defendants. However, the concept of how many plaintiffs can carry forward a charge or how many can be named in one case is a bit of a separate concept than that of sovereign citizenship or not sovereign citizenship, which can also be an individual person, or if more than one plaintiff, individual people. 

  I am neither well-versed enough nor knowledgeable of any particular case law that backs any of this up. My knowledge is purely at a layman’s level. Additionally, with the advent of having worked in law enforcement for more than two decades prior to retiring, I was exposed to this type of subject matter in my professional capacity in interaction with the government attorneys who handled cases that were filed by my department.

  I do not recognize and therefore know nothing about the particular ongoing case in your description field.
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Depends on if criminal or civil. 

In a criminal, it is "the people" aka the government  as the prosecutor. In civil, it can be the gov, an individual(s)  or any legal institution (corporation,  LLC,  non-profit etc).

Brooks is another case, of our justice system failing to protect innocent people from repeated violent criminals.  This post was edited by my2cents at October 22, 2022 8:49 PM MDT

In a civil case, the plaintiff can be an individual or a corporate entity.  However, while an individual can represent him/herself, I believe a corporate entity has to be represented by an attorney.  Not positive about this.

Subject matter jurisdiction deals with the type of case being litigated....not the parties.   As for parties, certain entities, such as corporations, may certainly bring law suits just as they may be sued.    Courts must have both subject matter and personal jurisdiction over the defendant to hear a civil case.  Criminal law is very different in that a defendant who commits a crime is under the jurisdiction of the courts in the jurisdiction where the crime was committed.  And criminal courts always have jurisdiction over criminal matters.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/subject_matter_jurisdiction This post was edited by Thriftymaid at October 22, 2022 6:06 PM MDT

I am a plaintiff in a collective action suit against a former employer for failure to pay overtime. There are six of us, but we are considered individual plaintiffs. However, there is no reason a business or other entity - corporation, partnership et al - cannot be a plaintiff, such as in a suit against a former employee.