COFFIN

v.

CALIFANO, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE; AND CALIFANO, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE V. COFFIN

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• Heckler v. Mathews, 465 U.S. 728 (U.S. 1984)
  …violated the equal protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.1 Subsequently, the Court summarily affirmed two District Court decisions invalidating the dependency requirement for husbands’ benefits. Califano v. Silbowitz, 430 U. S. 924 (1977); Jablon v. Califano, 430 U. S. 924 (1977). Following these decisions, as part of a general reform of the Social Security system, Congress repealed the dependency requirement for widowers and husbands. Social Security [*732] Amendments of 197…

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• Califano v. Westcott, 443 U.S. 76 (U.S. 1979)
  …hardson, 411 U. S. 677 (1973) (military quarters allowances and medical and dental benefits); Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld, 420 U. S. 636 (1975) (survivor’s benefits); Califano v. Goldfarb, 430 U. S. 199 (1977) (survivor’s benefits); Califano v. Jablon, 430 U. S. 924 (1977), summarily aff’g 399 F. Supp. 118 (Md. 1975) (spousal benefits). Here, as in those cases, the statute “discriminates against one particular category of family — that in which the female spouse is a wage earner.” Goldfarb, 430 U. S., at 209 (p…

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• Denberg v. United States R.R. Ret. Bd. & James L. Cowen, 696 F.2d 1193 (7th Cir. 1983)
  …447 U.S. 911, 100 S.Ct. 2999, 64 L.Ed.2d 862 (1980), involved entitlement to social security benefits that had been denied because of a dependency requirement which was similar to the provision in this case and was struck down in Califano v. Abbott, 430 U.S. 924, 97 S.Ct. 1540, 51 L.Ed.2d 768 (1977), aff’g, Abbott v. Weinberger, Civ. No. C-74-194 (N.D.Ohio, Feb. 11, 1976). The Social Security Act, like the Act here, provided for retroactive benefits for a period beginning twelve months prior to the date o…