United States Supreme Court

In a case in which a widow gave birth to twins conceived through in vitro fertilization using her husband’s frozen sperm and then applied for Social Security survivors benefits for the twins, the Social Security Administration (SSA) denial of her application is upheld, where: 1) under 42 USC section 416(h)(2)(A), the children could would qualify for benefits only if they could inherit from the deceased wage earner under state intestacy law, and Florida law did not allow them to; 2) the SSA's interpretation of the statutory scheme was reasonable and entitled to Chevron deference.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2012
• Published 05/21/2012

Judges

• Ginsburg

Court

• United States Supreme Court

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