Darling v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
878 F.2d 1069 · 1989
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1383C (§ 1634 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396 (§ 1900 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396A (§ 1902 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on United States v. Turkette · Harris v. McRae · Bob Jones University v. United States · Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · Herweg v. Ray
Most-quoted passages
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“[wjhile we accept as a general principle the appellants’ claim that the courts must defer to an agency’s construction of a statute it administers, we are also mindful that in interpreting a statute an agency and the court must avoid absurd results....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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