Crocker v. Finley

How courts have described this case

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• holding that court filing fees may be imposed for purposes relating to the operation and maintenance of the courts
• holding that court filing fees may be imposed for purposes relating to the operation and maintenance of the courts
• holding that court filing fees may be imposed for purposes relating to the operation and maintenance of the courts
• “court charges imposed on a litigant are fees if assessed to defray the expenses of his litigation” (emphasis added)
• although legislature labeled charge a “fee” it was “in reality a tax” because “court charges imposed on a litigant are fees if assessed to defray the expenses of his litigation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).