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CALIFANO v. TORRES

No. 77-78.

435 U.S. 1 (1978)

CALIFANO, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE v. TORRES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 27, 1978.

PER CURIAM.

Certain benefits under the Social Security Act, as amended in 1972, are payable only to residents of the United States, defined as the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The District Court for the District of Puerto Rico held in these cases that this geographic limitation is unconstitutional as applied to persons who upon moving to Puerto Rico lost the benefits to which they were entitled while residing in...

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