KOLLETT v. HARRIS

Nos. 79-1453, 79-1455.

619 F.2d 134 (1980)

Edward KOLLETT, by his next friend, Constance Gomes, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Patricia Roberts HARRIS, as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendant, Appellant. Frances MARDEROSIAN, o/b/o Peter Marderosian, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Patricia Roberts HARRIS, as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce G. Forrest, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Alice Daniel, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Paul F. Murray, U. S. Atty., Providence, R. I., and Ronald R. Glancz, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellant.

William Rutzick, Providence, R. I., with whom Barbara Hurst, Providence, R. I., and Gary Powers, Woonsocket, R. I., were on brief, for appellees.

Before ALDRICH, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs are disabled children who are eligible for cash assistance payments under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq. Believing the benefits allowed them by the Secretary were lower than those to which they were entitled, plaintiffs appealed the Secretary's final decisions to the district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)....

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