Letourneau v. Mathews

OPINION AND ORDER

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge.

Plaintiff Berthe Letourneau, a Canadian citizen who has worked in this country since 1944, became a permanent resident alien on October 24, 1967. From 1968 to 1972, she worked as. a librarian for the French Embassy in New York City. During that period she reported her earnings, paid federal income tax, and paid Social Security self-employment tax.

On January 24, 1972, Letourneau applied to the Social Security Administration (“S.S. A.”) for hospital insurance benefits, 42 U.S.C. §§ 426, 426a, and medical insurance benefits, 42 U.S.C. § 1395o.…