Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Heckler
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 29, 1983No. Civ. 82-3331PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LACEY, District Judge.
Before the court are: defendants’ motions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for non-justiciability; William Fitzpatrick’s motion to intervene as a plaintiff; and plaintiffs’ motion to certify a class.
Background
Plaintiffs are present and former recipients of Social Security disability benefits under Titles II and XYI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-33, 1381-85 (hereinafter “the Act”). They bring this action on their own behalf and as representatives of a putative class of all persons similarly situated. Plaintiffs challenge…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Weinberger v. SalfiSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Daniel P. Cotter v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Stieberger v. HecklerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Hyatt v. HecklerDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1984
- Goodnight v. ShalalaDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1993
- Avery v. HecklerDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1984
- Wilson v. HecklerDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1985
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