Legal Opinion
O'BRIEN v. Trevethan
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided January 3, 1972No. Civ. 14514, 14515PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARIE, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, both of whom are petitioners in bankruptcy, have moved for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56, Fed.R.Civ.P., and have invoked the Court’s jurisdiction under the Mandamus and Venue Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1361. They seek an order requiring the defendant-Referee in Bankruptcy to certify and transmit to this Court plaintiffs’ petitions for review of the orders made by him without payment of the $10.00 filing fee. They allege that they are indigent and that, as applied to them, the filing fee deprives them of their due process and equal protection rights under…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Lines v. FrederickSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Meltzer v. C. Buck LeCraw & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Olen (Allen) Lee v. Nathan Habib, Olen Lee v. Nathan HabibCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- United States v. KrasSupreme Court of the United States · 1973