Morrell v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
1981
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1 district ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1382F (§ 1617 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 415 (§ 215 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Richardson v. Perales · Weinberger v. Salfi · United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · Weinstein v. Bradford
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“Justice Rehnquist’s reasoning [in Salfi, supra] about the inutility of exhausting administrative remedies on a legal issue on which the Secretary has had ample opportunity to take a definitive position, and indeed has done so, applies equally to multiple claimants presenting an identical legal issue. Requiring multiple exhaustion on the same issue would involve the same “commitment of administrative resources unsupported by any administrative or judicial interest” that Justice Rehnquist so aptly condemned in Salfi . Resolution of the issue in a single judicial proceeding conserves both administrative and judicial resources. The only facial difference between Eldridge and the instant case is that in Eldridge the plaintiff’s challenge was a constitutional one, while here it is statutory. Salfi teaches us that if the legal issue is constitutional, since the administrative agency cannot decide that issue, no exhaustion is required. Where the legal issue is statutory, however, the agency does have authority to decide it, subject of course to judicial review. The test for exhaustion of a statutory issue in an individual case, we believe, should be whether the Secretary has taken a final position on that issue. In the class context the test should be no different.”
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