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Boddie v. Connecticut | |
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Argued December 8, 1969 Reargued November 17, 1970 Decided March 2, 1971 | |
Full case name | Boddie, et al. v. Connecticut, et al. |
Citations | 401 U.S. 371 (more) 91 S. Ct. 780; 28 L. Ed. 2d 113; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 73 |
Case history | |
Prior | 286 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. | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Harlan, joined by Burger, Stewart, Marshall, White, Blackmun |
Concurrence | Douglas |
Concurrence | Brennan |
Dissent | Black |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. Amend. XIV |
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Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 (1971), was a case before the United States Supreme Court.