BOWEN v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 84-1923.

476 U.S. 467 (1986)

BOWEN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ET AL. v. CITY OF NEW YORK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1986


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin S. Kneedler argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Fried, Assistant Attorney General Willard, Deputy Solicitor General Geller, William Kanter, and Howard S. Scher.

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Frederick P. Schaffer, Michael D. Young, Robert Abrams, Attorney General of New York, Robert Hermann, Solicitor General, Paul M. Glickman and Andrea Green, Assistant Attorneys General, Leonard S. Rubenstein, Ambrose Doskow, and Richard L. Claman.*


JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This class action was brought pursuant to 42 U. S. C. § 405(g) challenging an internal policy of the Secretary of Health and Human Services that had the effect of denying disability benefits to numerous claimants who may have been entitled to them. The issues presented are whether the District Court correctly included within the class (i) claimants who had received a...

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