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How not to defend your dignity, or the lessons of Erich Stauder, a poor man

>be Erich Stauder, a German citizen
>be so poor you cannot afford butter
>have an EU welfare program that gives butter to poor people at reduced price
>get all the coupons for free butter you are entitled to
>Germany requiring your name on the coupon
>everyone in the shop can read your name from the coupons stored in a counter and therefore can find out that you are a cheap-ass bum who has to buy welfare butter
>butmydignity.bverfg
>challenge the requirement to have the name stated on the coupon on grounds of it violating your right to human dignity
>courts finding it is a question of different translations and their interpretation
>landmarkcase.ecj
>win the case gloriously
>have the case be one of the important cases in the history of the EU
>dignity protected
>have your name in every EU law book for next 100 years with the information that you were a cheap-ass bum who had to buy welfare butter

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