KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
The issue presented on appeal is whether establishing different disability tests to determine the eligibility of widows, surviving divorced wives, and widowers for social security benefits creates a class not rationally related to a legitimate purpose in violation of the equal protection clause. We hold that it does not.
If the widow, surviving divorced wife or widower of a fully insured deceased wage earner is "disabled," and between...
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