Legal Opinion
Finnerty v. Cowen
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 16, 1974No. 78, Docket 74-1668PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Kathleen M. Finnerty, an elderly widow, receives benefits under both the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Acts. Both acts provide for a reduction of benefits when a recipient has certain types of income in excess of an amount fixed by Congress. After both the Social Security Administration and the Railroad Retirement Board reduced plaintiff’s benefits for this reason, she brought suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, challenging the constitutionality of the reductions.1 Chief Judge James T. Foley dismissed her…
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