66 Cited authorities

Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.
455 U.S. 422 (1982) Cited 2,974 times
Holding that a deprivation resulting from a mistake in established state procedures is not “random and unauthorized”
Boddie v. Connecticut
401 U.S. 371 (1971) Cited 2,506 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that due process required access to the courts for filing divorce proceedings, regardless of the ability to pay
Douglas v. California
372 U.S. 353 (1963) Cited 2,779 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding States must appoint counsel on a prisoner's first appeal
Griffin v. Illinois
351 U.S. 12 (1956) Cited 3,152 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that preventing an indigent defendant from appealing his conviction due to his failure to pay for a trial transcript is unconstitutional
Harper v. Virginia Bd. of Elections
383 U.S. 663 (1966) Cited 1,043 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding poll tax facially unconstitutional while identifying the specifically pernicious effect such a tax has on those unable to pay it
Tate v. Short
401 U.S. 395 (1971) Cited 687 times
Holding that a state cannot convert a fine into a jail term solely because the defendant is indigent and cannot immediately pay the fine in full
Western Southern L. I. Co. v. Bd. of Equalization
451 U.S. 648 (1981) Cited 466 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U. S. C. § 1011 et seq., removed all dormant Commerce Clause scrutiny of state insurance laws; § 1011 provides: "Congress hereby declares that the continued regulation and taxation by the several States of the business of insurance is in the public interest, and that silence on the part of the Congress shall not be construed to impose any barrier to the regulation or taxation of such business by the several States"
Maher v. Roe
432 U.S. 464 (1977) Cited 514 times
Holding that the substantive due process clause "protects the woman from unduly burdensome interference with her freedom to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy"
Smith v. Bennett
365 U.S. 708 (1961) Cited 411 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that states must "docket applications for the post-conviction remedy of habeas corpus by indigent prisoners without fee payment"
Tobe v. City of Santa Ana
9 Cal.4th 1069 (Cal. 1995) Cited 448 times
Holding that the terms camping, living, and store are not "vague ... when the purpose clause of the ordinance is considered and the terms are read in that context as they should be."

WHEATHERFORD v. CITY OF SAN RAFAEL

66 Cited authorities

Holding that a deprivation resulting from a mistake in established state procedures is not “random and unauthorized”

Holding that due process required access to the courts for filing divorce proceedings, regardless of the ability to pay

Holding States must appoint counsel on a prisoner's first appeal

Holding that preventing an indigent defendant from appealing his conviction due to his failure to pay for a trial transcript is unconstitutional

Holding poll tax facially unconstitutional while identifying the specifically pernicious effect such a tax has on those unable to pay it

Holding that a state cannot convert a fine into a jail term solely because the defendant is indigent and cannot immediately pay the fine in full

Holding that the substantive due process clause "protects the woman from unduly burdensome interference with her freedom to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy"

Holding that states must "docket applications for the post-conviction remedy of habeas corpus by indigent prisoners without fee payment"

Holding that the terms camping, living, and store are not "vague ... when the purpose clause of the ordinance is considered and the terms are read in that context as they should be."