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This is a list of
Social Security
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lawsuits.
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Astrue v. Capato
''Astrue v. Capato'', 566 U.S. 541 (2012), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that children conceived after a parent's death are not entitled to Social Security Survivors benefits if the laws in the state that the par ...
'' (2012), a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that children conceived after a parent's death are not entitled to Social Security Survivors benefits if the laws in the state that the parent's will was signed in forbid it
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Bowen v. Roy'' (1986), a United States Supreme Court case which established limits on freedom of religion in the United States
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Califano v. Aznavorian'' (1978), a United States Supreme Court case upholding denial of Social Security Benefits to recipients while they are abroad as not violating the Fifth Amendment due process right to international travel
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Califano v. Goldfarb
''Califano v. Goldfarb'', 430 U.S. 199 (1977), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court,. which held that the different treatment of men and women mandated by 42 U.S.C. § 402(f)(1)(D) constituted invidious discrimination against female w ...
'' (1977), a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the different treatment of men and women mandated by 42 U.S.C. § 402(f)(1)(D) constituted
invidious discrimination against women wage earners
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Califano v. Webster
''Califano v. Webster'', 430 U.S. 313 (1977), was a case before the United States Supreme Court that was decided '' per curiam''.
Background Statute
Under § 215 of the Social Security Act (42 USCS 415), old-age insurance benefits are computed o ...
'' (1977), where the United States Supreme Court upheld higher pre-1972 benefits for women to compensate for disparate treatment
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Califano v. Yamasaki'' (1979), in which the United States Supreme Court struck down overpayment recoupment limited statutory hearing rights as violative of due process
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Doe v. Chao'' (2004), a decision by the United States Supreme Court that interpreted the statutory damages provision of the
Privacy Act of 1974
The Privacy Act of 1974 (, ), a United States federal law, establishes a Code of Fair Information Practice that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personally identifiable information about individuals that is maintaine ...
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Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel'' (1998), a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act (Coal Act) constituted an unconstitutional regulatory taking of property which required the Act to be invalidated
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Flemming v. Nestor
''Flemming v. Nestor'', 363 U.S. 603 (1960), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of Section 1104 of the 1935 Social Security Act. In this Section, Congress reserved to itself the power to amen ...
'' (1960), a
United States Supreme Court
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case in which the Court upheld the
constitutionality
Constitutionality is said to be the condition of acting in accordance with an applicable constitution; "Webster On Line" the status of a law, a procedure, or an act's accordance with the laws or set forth in the applicable constitution. When l ...
of Section 1104 of the 1935
Social Security Act
The Social Security Act of 1935 is a law enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The law created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment. The law was pa ...
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Flores-Figueroa v. United States ''Flores-Figueroa v. United States'', 556 U.S. 646 (2009), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, holding that the law enhancing the sentence for identity theft requires proof that an individual knew that the identity card or num ...
'', a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, holding that the law enhancing the sentence for identity theft requires proof that an individual knew that the identity card or number he had used belonged to another, actual person
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Goldberg v. Kelly
''Goldberg v. Kelly'', 397 U.S. 254 (1970), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires an evidentiary hearing before a recipien ...
'' (2009), a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires an evidentiary hearing before a recipient of certain government benefits (welfare) can be deprived of such benefit
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Heckler v. Campbell'' (1983)
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Helvering v. Davis
''Helvering v. Davis'', 301 U.S. 619 (1937), was a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that held that Social Security was constitutionally permissible as an exercise of the federal power to spend for the general welfare and so did not contravene th ...
'' (1937)
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Mathews v. Eldridge
''Mathews v. Eldridge'', 424 U.S. 319 (1976), is a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that individuals have a statutorily granted property right in Social Security benefits, and the termination of such benefits implicates due proc ...
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Mayo Foundation for Medical Education & Research v. United States'' (2011)
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Meyer v. Astrue'' (4th Cir. 2011)
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Richardson v. Perales
''Richardson v. Perales'', 402 U.S. 389 (1971), was a case heard by the United States Supreme Court to determine and delineate several questions concerning administrative procedure in Social Security disability cases. Among the questions consider ...
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Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
''Steward Machine Company v. Davis'', 301 U.S. 548 (1937), was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the unemployment compensation provisions of the Social Security Act of 1935, which established the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, federal ta ...
'' (1937)
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Sullivan v. Zebley'' (1990)
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United States v. Lee'' (1982)
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Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld
''Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld'', 420 U.S. 636 (1975), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which unanimously held that the gender-based distinction under of the Social Security Act of 1935—which permitted widows but not widowers to ...
'' (1975)
Social Security
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Lawsuits