Legal Opinion
Linquist v. Bowen
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1987No. Nos. 86-1486, 86-1790 and 86-2075PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
Lois Linquist, now 78 years old, receives retirement benefits under the Social Security Act (SSA) and the Railroad Retirement *886Act (RRA).1 Each Act provides for a fifty percent reduction in benefits if a recipient’s outside earnings exceed a certain level in a year. See 42 U.S.C. § 403(b) (1982)2 and id. § 403(f)(3)3 (the SSA provisions); 45 U.S.C. § 231a(g)(2) (1982)4 (the RRA provision). Linquist earned $3415 in 1977, when the amount of earnings exempt under the Acts was $3000.5 Pursuant to the RRA recoupment provision, the Railroad Retirement Board (the Board) notified…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bowen v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Califano v. YamasakiSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Nancy Johnson v. United States Railroad Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
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- Finney v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1992
- James R. Taumby v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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