Mathews v. Eldridge
1976 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 process but does not require a pre-termination hearing. The case is significant in the development of American administrative law.
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Quick Facts Mathews v. Eldridge, Argued October 6, 1975 Decided February 24, 1976 ...
Mathews v. Eldridge | |
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Argued October 6, 1975 Decided February 24, 1976 | |
Full case name | F. David Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, v. George H. Eldridge |
Citations | 424 U.S. 319 (more) 96 S. Ct. 893; 47 L. Ed. 2d 18 |
Case history | |
Prior | Eldridge v. Weinberger, 361 F. Supp. 520 (W.D. Va. 1973), affirmed, 493 F.2d 1230 (4th Cir. 1974), cert. granted, 419 U.S. 1104 (1975). |
Holding | |
Due process does not require a Goldberg-type hearing prior to the termination of social security disability benefits on the ground that the worker is no longer disabled | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Powell, joined by Burger, Stewart, White, Blackmun, Rehnquist |
Dissent | Brennan, joined by Marshall |
Stevens took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. V |
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