Richardson v. Wright
Supreme Court of the United States
Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Wright et al.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
No. 70-161 Argued: January 13, 1972 --- Decided: February 24, 1972[1]
In light of the adoption of new regulations providing that a recipient of disability benefit payments pursuant to § 225 of the Social Security Act be given notice of a proposed suspension of payments and the reasons therefor, plus an opportunity to submit rebuttal evidence, the judgment is vacated to permit reprocessing, under the new regulations, of the disputed determinations.
321 F. Supp. 383, vacated and remanded.
Assistant Attorney General Gray argued the cause for appellant in No. 70-161 and for appellee in No. 70-5211. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Griswold, Kathryn H. Baldwin, Wilmot R. Hastings, Edwin H. Yourman, and Paul Merlin.
Robert N. Sayler argued the cause and filed briefs for appellees in No. 70-161 and for appellants in No. 70-5211.
Briefs of amici curiae in both cases were filed by Thomas L. Fike for the Legal Aid Society of Alameda County; by David H. Marlin and Jonathan A. Weiss for the National Council of Senior Citizens; and by Albert C. Neimeth for Luella H. Mills et al. Bernard P. Becker and Harvey N. Schmidt filed a brief for Stella Van Guilder et al. as amici curiae.
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- ↑ Together with No. 70-5211, Wright et al. v. Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, also on appeal from the same court.