Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Edelman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 28, 1976No. Nos. 75-2005, 75-2006PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
Before this court are two consolidated appeals in which provisions of the Federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq., and the Illinois Public Aid Code, Ill. Rev.Stat. ch. 23, §§ 3-1 et seq. (1973), are challenged as unconstitutional in that they operate to exclude otherwise eligible aged, blind, and disabled persons from public assistance benefits solely because they are *1263either between the ages of twenty-one and sixty-five and reside in public mental hospitals or because they are confined in penal institutions as pre-trial detainees. Claiming that these…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Weinberger v. SalfiSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Schweiker v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Edna Johnson v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- 4 soc.sec.rep.ser. 80, unempl.ins.rep. Cch 15,133 Mario Lopez v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Holden v. HecklerDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1984
- Grutka v. BarbourCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
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