In Re Kras’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1914 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 2403
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · Shapiro v. Thompson · Boddie v. Connecticut
Most-quoted passages
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““We think it would be constitutionally permissible, and also appropriate, for the referee, at the final disposition of this case, to fashion an order resembling a judgment for costs, which order would provide that petitioner’s obligation to pay the filing fee is not permanently discharged but would arise again if and when she is no longer indigent and can pay the fee without undue hardship.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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