Legal Opinion
In Re Smith
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided February 24, 1971No. 1:25-y-00092PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ARRAJ, Chief Judge.
This case raises the question whether an indigent person who files a petition in bankruptcy must pay a filing fee in order to be entitled to a discharge.
On April 6, 1970, petitioner Smith sought leave of the bankruptcy court to proceed in forma pauperis. In an affidavit accompanying her motion, she alleged the facts of her indigence and stated that she could not honestly promise to pay the $50 filing fee in nine months. In a separate motion she sought permission to proceed with bankruptcy pending judgment on the motion to file in forma pauperis.…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. KrasSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- MOW SUN WONG Et Al., Appellants, v. Robert E. HAMPTON, Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission, Et Al., AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- State v. JohnsonWashington Supreme Court · 2014
- Doe v. SchneiderDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1978
- In Re KrasDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1971
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