607 F. Supp. 646 - Wheeler v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1320 (§ 1120 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1320A (§ 1127 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 424A (§ 224 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Testa v. United States · MacDonald v. Weinberger · Dawson v. Finch · Reid v. Heckler · 583 F. Supp. 135 - Carlisi v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As for attorney’s fees, the amount of retroactive benefits that is subject to withholding for payment of an attorney’s fee is the total amount of retroactive Social Security benefits payable to the beneficiary (see [20 C.F.R.] § 404.1703). The amount payable is the amount of retroactive benefits less the amount of any deductions, reductions, or over-payments applicable to the retroactive period. Thus, the amount of retroactive benefits payable for purposes of withholding an attorney’s fee is the amount of retroactive Social Security benefits reduced by the amount of any SSI payments received in the retroactive period.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Detson v. Schweiker“"Past-due benefits” means the total amount of benefits payable under title II of the Act to all beneficiaries that has accumulated because of a favorable administrative or judicial determination or decision, up to but not including the month the determination or decision is made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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