Mercer v. Birchman’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1361
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Weinberger v. Salfi · Ingraham v. Wright · Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist
Most-quoted passages
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“Procedures set out by the Secretary of the SSA for hearing appeals from denials of benefits can and do work very effectively as illustrated in this case where the allegedly inadequate procedures were corrected administratively and where the plaintiffs received the benefits they had originally sought. Thus there is no reason to utilize § 1331 as a means of avoiding the requirement of administrative exhaustion contained in § 405(g).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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