Legal Opinion
Boddie v. State of Connecticut
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 17, 1968No. Civ. 12513PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTION TO DISMISS
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question whether a state denies the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment when it requires indigent persons seeking divorce to pay filing fees and costs which they are unable to pay before allowing them the access to the state courts which is necessary to obtaining a divorce.
The plaintiffs have brought this class action on behalf of those women in the State of Connecticut receiving welfare assistance from the State who wish to obtain divorce, but are allegedly barred…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lochner v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. KrasSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Olen (Allen) Lee v. Nathan Habib, Olen Lee v. Nathan HabibCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Mark Heimbach, Individually and as Acting President of Citizens Committee to Save Water Street v. Village of Lyons (Wayne County, New York)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Mendez v. HellerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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