Simmons v. West Haven Housing Auth., 388 U.S. 510 (1970)

Name: Simmons v. West Haven Housing Auth., 388 U.S. 510 (1970) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Simmons v. West Haven Housing Authority

No. 81

Argued December 8, 1969
Decided June 29, 1970
388 U.S. 510

APPEAL FROM THE APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE

CIRCUIT COURT OF CONNECTICUT

Syllabus

The appeal, involving the issue whether a Connecticut statutory requirement that tenants wishing to appeal from an eviction judgment must post a bond offends the Due Process or Equal Protection Cause if applied to foreclose appellate review for indigent tenants, is dismissed, as the record is ambiguous regarding the underlying reason appellants were denied an opportunity to appeal the eviction judgment.

5 Conn.Cir. 282, 250 A.2d 527, dismissed.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Simmons v. West Haven Housing Auth., 388 U.S. 510 (1970) in 388 U.S. 510 388 U.S. 511. Original Sources, accessed June 7, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NNJM55DY5A63YX2.

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Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Simmons v. West Haven Housing Auth., 388 U.S. 510 (1970). cited in 1970, 388 U.S. 510, pp.388 U.S. 511. Original Sources, retrieved 7 June 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NNJM55DY5A63YX2.

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