poverty
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 335 U.S. 331 - Adkins v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. · 1948Most cited · 935 citing opinions
in forma pauperis
We cannot agree with the court below that one must be absolutely destitute to enjoy the benefit of the statute. We think an affidavit is sufficient which states that one cannot because of his poverty 'pay or give security for the costs * * * and still be able to provide' himself and dependents 'with the necessities of life.
How often courts cite the case defining “poverty”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “poverty” — 932 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.