Styles v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1382A (§ 1612 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · Patterson v. United States · King v. Smith · Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham · Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) For purposes of this subchapter, income means both earned income and unearned income; and, (2) Unearned income means all other income, including, (A) Support and maintenance furnished in cash or kind; except that in the case of any individual (and his eligible spouse, if any) living in another person’s household and receiving support and maintenance in kind from such individual (and spouse) as specified in subsections (a) and (b) of section 1382 of this title shall be reduced by 33% percent in lieu of including such support and maintenance in the unearned income of such individual (and spouse) as otherwise required by this subparagraph.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Usher v. Califano“except that in the case of any individual ... living in another person's household and receiving support and maintenance in kind ... the dollar amounts otherwise applicable ... shall be reduced by 331/3 percent....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Usher v. Schweiker“the dollar amounts otherwise applicable to such individual....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Usher v. Schweiker
How this case has been treated — in progress
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