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BODDIE v. CONNECTICUT

No. 27.

401 U.S. 371 (1971)

91 S.Ct. 780

28 L.Ed.2d 113

BODDIE ET AL. v. CONNECTICUT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1971

Reargued November 17, 1970

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. LaFrance reargued the cause and filed briefs for appellants.

Raymond J. Cannon, Assistant Attorney General of Connecticut, reargued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Robert K. Killian, Attorney General, and William S. Kaplan.

Allan Ashman filed a brief for the National Legal Aid and Defender Association as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Francis B. Burch, Attorney General of Maryland, and J. Michael McWilliams, Assistant Attorney General, joined by George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, and Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, and by the following Attorneys General: David P. Buckson of Delaware, Jack P. F. Gremillion of Louisiana, Clarence A. H. Meyer of Nebraska, Harvey Dickerson of Nevada, Helgi Johanneson of North Dakota, and Lee Johnson of Oregon.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellants, welfare recipients residing in the State of Connecticut, brought this action in the Federal District Court for the District of Connecticut on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, challenging, as applied to them, certain state procedures for the commencement of litigation, including requirements for payment of court fees and costs for service of process, that restrict their access to...

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