Legal Opinion
Evans v. Commissioner, Maine Department of Human Services
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 6, 1991No. Nos. 90-1834, 90-2019PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Chief Judge.
This appeal presents a narrow question of statutory interpretation affecting the eligibility for federal welfare payments of a small class of persons. The statute in question imposes a limitation upon the use of the “earned income disregard” (EID), see 42 U.S.C. § 602(a)(8)(A)(iv), a provision of welfare law that tells a state not to count a certain amount of earned income (for present purposes $30 plus one-third of the remainder of the monthly amount earned) when it considers whether or not a family is eligible for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). See…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Heckler v. TurnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by14 opinions
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