Philpott v. Essex County Welfare Bd., 409 U.S. 413 (1973)
U.S. Supreme Court
Philpott v. Essex County Welfare Bd., 409 U.S. 413 (1973)
Philpott v. Essex County Welfare Board
No. 71-5656
Argued December 4, 1972
Decided January 10, 1973
409 U.S. 413
Syllabus
Social Security Act provision, 42 U.S.C. § 407, which prohibits subjecting federal disability insurance benefits and other benefits to any legal process, bars a State from recovering such benefits retroactively paid to a beneficiary, and in this case no exception can be implied on the ground that, if the federal payments had been made monthly, there would have been a corresponding reduction in the state payments. Pp. 409 U. S. 415-417.
59 N.J. 75, 279 A.2d 806, reversed.
DOUGLAS, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.