Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare v. Ella Heinol

Plaintiff, Ella Heinol, filed this suit in November 1975 to review defendant Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare’s denial of her application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq.). The essence of her claim is that because she lived in a house owned (but not occupied by) her sons, she was an “individual * * * living in another person’s household and receiving support and maintenance in kind from such person” and therefore was entitled as an aged individual to receive SSI benefits computed under 42 U.S.C. §…