Goffney v. Lowry

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a party’s receiving public-assistance benefits is prima facie evidence that the party is indigent
• stating that rules allowing indigent parties to proceed without paying costs “do not require the litigant to borrow money [that] cannot be repaid except by depriving the litigant of the necessities of life”
• “The fact that any individual is dependent upon the charity of the public afforded through the various welfare programs is, by itself, prima facie evidence that the person is financially unable to pay the court costs or give security therefor.”
• “The fact that any individual is dependent upon the charity of the public afforded through the various welfare programs is, by itself, prima facie evidence that the person is financially unable to pay the court –3– costs or give security therefor.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).