GAY v. SULLIVAN

Nos. 90-3857, 90-3858.

966 F.2d 1124 (1992)

Margaret GAY, Laura Kuykendall, Ruby Williams, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of United States Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Bouman, Cheryl Graves, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., Linda L. Zazove, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, East St. Louis, Ill., Andrew Cohen (argued), Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Michael C. Messer (argued), Gary A. Sultz, Department of Health and Human Services, Region V, Office of the General Counsel, Nancy K. Needles, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., Appellate Section, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, which are payable to needy aged, blind, and disabled individuals, depend on beneficiaries' other income. The more the beneficiary receives from other sources, the less SSI benefits he or she is allotted. 42 U.S.C. § 1382(b). This case arises from a glitch in the operation of two congressionally mandated policies regarding the Secretary of Health and Human Services' calculation of SSI...

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