Boddie v. Connecticut

Boddie v. Connecticut
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 8, 1969
Reargued November 17, 1970
Decided March 2, 1971
Full case nameBoddie, et al. v. Connecticut, et al.
Citations401 U.S. 371 (more)
91 S. Ct. 780; 28 L. Ed. 2d 113; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 73
Case history
Prior286 F. Supp. 968 (D. Conn. 1968) (reversed)
Holding
Due process prohibits a state from denying, solely because of inability to pay, access to its courts to individuals who sought judicial dissolution of their marriages.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Case opinions
MajorityHarlan, joined by Burger, Stewart, Marshall, White, Blackmun
ConcurrenceDouglas
ConcurrenceBrennan
DissentBlack
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Amend. XIV

Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 (1971), was a case before the United States Supreme Court.

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