Legal Opinion
In Re Smith
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 28, 1972No. 71 B 7497PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PARSONS, District Judge.
On December 16, 1971, petitioner Smith, widow and mother of four minor children, 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, in a legal memorandum supporting her motion, she raised both statutory and constitutional arguments for her contention that she be permitted to proceed in bankruptcy without prepayment of filing fees as a condition precedent to her discharge.
Relying on In re Garland, 428 F.2d 1185 (1st Cir. 1970), the Referee…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In the Matter of Athen Carlton Garland, BankruptsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- In Re SmithDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1971
- In Re KrasDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1971
3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. KrasSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- DeLeon v. Gurda Farms, Inc. (In Re Gurda Farms, Inc.)District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- United States v. KrasSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. KrasSupreme Court of the United States · 1973