Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Hopper v. Barnett
439 U.S. 1041
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1978-12-11
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “To imprison an indigent when in the same circumstances an individual of financial means would remain free constitutes a denial of equal protection of the laws.”
Citator
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C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and certiorari granted. Judgment vacated and case remanded with directions to dismiss cause as moot.