Mathews v. Eldridge

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United States Supreme Court case due process case landmark decision

Mathews v. Eldridge is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established a three-factor balancing test for determining what procedural safeguards due process requires in administrative proceedings.

Aliases (1)

Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976) ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case → due process case → landmark decision →
announcedTest	three-factor balancing test for procedural due process in administrative proceedings →
appliesTo	administrative hearings → government benefit termination procedures →
areaOfLaw	administrative law → constitutional law →
balancingFactor	the Government’s interest, including the function involved and the fiscal and administrative burdens that additional or substitute procedural requirements would entail → the private interest that will be affected by the official action → the probable value, if any, of additional or substitute procedural safeguards → the risk of an erroneous deprivation of such interest through the procedures used →
citation	424 U.S. 319 →
citedBy	Goldberg v. Kelly (distinguished) →
clarified	scope of due process protections for disability benefit recipients →
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause →
country	United States →
court	Supreme Court of the United States →
decisionDate	1976 →
determinedThat	written procedures and post-termination hearings could satisfy due process in disability benefit terminations →
distinguishedFrom	Goldberg v. Kelly →
established	Mathews balancing test →
fullName	Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976) →
holding	Due process does not require an evidentiary hearing prior to the termination of Social Security disability benefits. → The adequacy of administrative procedures for due process purposes is evaluated using a three-factor balancing test. →
influenced	later due process jurisprudence on risk-of-error analysis →
jurisdiction	United States →
languageOfCase	English →
legalIssue	administrative procedures → procedural due process → termination of Social Security disability benefits →
pageInReporter	319 →
petitioner	F. David Mathews →
precedentFor	cases involving government entitlements and benefits → procedural due process analysis in administrative benefit determinations → procedural safeguards required before deprivation of property interests →
recognizedInterest	property interest in continued receipt of disability benefits →
reporter	United States Reports →
respondent	George H. Eldridge NERFINISHED →
subjectCategory	U.S. Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court → U.S. Supreme Court cases on Social Security → U.S. Supreme Court cases on due process →
subjectMatter	termination of Social Security disability insurance benefits without a pre-termination evidentiary hearing →
typeOfProceeding	civil →
usedIn	analysis of what process is due under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments →
volumeInReporter	424 →
yearDecided	1976 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mathews v. Eldridge ("Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976)") →	fullName
Due Process Clause →	interpretedInCase
Goldberg v. Kelly →	relatedCase