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HECKLER v. TURNER

No. 83-1097.

470 U.S. 184 (1985)

HECKLER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. TURNER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 27, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for petitioner. On the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Acting Assistant Attorney General Willard, Deputy Solicitor General Geller, Richard G. Wilkins, William Kanter, and Richard A. Olderman. John K. Van De Kamp, Attorney General of California, and John J. Klee, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, filed a brief for state respondents, respondents under this Court's Rule 19.6.

Mark N. Aaronson argued the cause for AFDC respondents. With him on the brief was John E. Peer.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of New Mexico by Paul Bardacke, Attorney General, Richard J. Rubin, and David Stafford; and for the State of New York by Robert Abrams, Attorney General, R. Scott Greathead, First Assistant Attorney General, Peter H. Schiff, and Judith A. Gordon and Marion R. Buchbinder, Assistant Attorneys General.

JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This litigation concerns the proper computation of benefits to working recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), provided pursuant to subch. IV, pt. A, of the Social Security Act of 1935 (Act), as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 601 et seq. Specifically, we must decide whether, in calculating a household's need, the responsible state agency is to treat mandatory tax withholdings as a work...

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