Murillo v. Bambrick’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Edelman v. Jordan · Dandridge v. Williams · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Boddie v. Connecticut
Most-quoted passages
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“(t)he State of New Jersey had thus placed plaintiff in a dilemma: either she would have had to pay what was to her a substantial sum to sue for divorce; or she would have remained hostage to a marriage which under the substantive law of the State she was entitled to have dissolved.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Murillo v. Bambrick“that the matrimonial fees provided a means of supporting the additional court costs required to give divorce cases the high degree of scrutiny required under New Jersey law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Murillo v. Bambrick“the State's belief that it was collecting these fees to defray the higher cost of providing judicial services to matrimonial litigants was (demonstrably) false,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Murillo v. Bambrick
How this case has been treated — in progress
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