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TIERNEY v. SCHWEIKER

Nos. 82-1790, 82-2449.

718 F.2d 449 (1983)

Mary Alma TIERNEY, et al., Appellants, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary of Health and Human Services. Ava P. TRAHAN, et al., Appellants, v. Donald T. REGAN, Secretary of the Treasury, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce M. Fried, with whom Burton M. Fretz, and Michael R. Schuster, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellants, Mary Alma Tierney, et al., in 82-1790 and for appellants, Ava P. Trahan, et al., in 82-2449.

Mitchell R. Berger, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellee, Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services in 82-1790 and for appellees Regan, Secretary of the Treasury, et al., in 82-2249.

Before TAMM and MIKVA, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge for Nebraska.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

Concurring opinion filed by Senior District Judge VAN PELT.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Prompted by allegations of widespread abuse in the Supplemental Security Income (Benefits) program, the Social Security Administration (SSA) implemented a new policy to verify the income and assets of SSI recipients. Specifically, through a mass mailing distributed in May 1982, SSA asked each of four million former and...

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