Legal Opinion
Hightower v. Peterson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 12, 1975No. 56853PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*315MOORE, Chief Justice.
Petitioners brought this original certiora-ri proceeding to contest the legality of respondent’s ruling which denied their requests to proceed in forma pauperis and for waiver of prepayment of requisite fees and costs in dissolution of marriage proceedings. We annul the writ.
The trial court granted permission to Alice Hightower, Martha Zuke and Mary Bas-com to file their joint petition seeking waiver of fees and costs in their separate dissolution of marriage actions without payment of filing fee. Each sought to proceed in forma pauperis.
After hearing, at which all…
2Cases cited24 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
- Armstrong v. ManzoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- State v. CullisonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
- Frantz v. Knights of ColumbusSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Williams v. OsmundsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
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