Legal Opinion
Weinberger v. Salfi
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1975No. 74-214PublishedCited by 2,660 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
Appellants, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, its Secretary, the Social Security Administration and various of its officials, appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California invalidating duration-of-relationship *753Social Security eligibility requirements for surviving wives and stepchildren of deceased wage earners. 373 F. Supp. 961 (1974).
That court concluded that it had jurisdiction of the action by virtue of 28 U. S. C. § 1331, and eventually certified the case as a class action. On the merits, it concluded that the…
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