Mathews v. Eldridge
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mathews v. Eldridge canonical | 5 |
| Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976) | 2 |
| Mathews balancing test for procedural due process | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T434625 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mathews v. Eldridge Context triple: [Due Process Clause, interpretedInCase, Mathews v. Eldridge]
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A.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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C.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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D.
Sherbert v. Verner
Sherbert v. Verner is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that strengthened protections for religious liberty by requiring strict scrutiny of government actions that substantially burden individuals’ religious practices.
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E.
Hines v. Davidowitz
Hines v. Davidowitz is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that held federal law preempts conflicting state alien-registration laws under the Supremacy Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mathews v. Eldridge Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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C.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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D.
Sherbert v. Verner
Sherbert v. Verner is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that strengthened protections for religious liberty by requiring strict scrutiny of government actions that substantially burden individuals’ religious practices.
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E.
Hines v. Davidowitz
Hines v. Davidowitz is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that held federal law preempts conflicting state alien-registration laws under the Supremacy Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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due process case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ |
| announcedTest | three-factor balancing test for procedural due process in administrative proceedings ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
administrative hearings
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government benefit termination procedures ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
administrative law
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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
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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)
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linked to:
Goldberg v. Kelly
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| clarified | scope of due process protections for disability benefit recipients ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause
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linked to:
Due Process Clause
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| 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)
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linked to:
Mathews v. Eldridge
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| holding |
Due process does not require an evidentiary hearing prior to the termination of Social Security disability benefits.
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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
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linked to:
United States of America
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| languageOfCase | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
administrative procedures
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procedural due process ⓘ termination of Social Security disability benefits ⓘ |
| pageInReporter | 319 ⓘ |
| petitioner | F. David Mathews ⓘ |
| precedentFor |
cases involving government entitlements and benefits
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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 ⓘ |
| subjectCategory |
U.S. Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court
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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 ⓘ |
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Subject: Mathews v. Eldridge Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (8)
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linked to: Mathews v. Eldridge
linked to: Mathews v. Eldridge
George H. Eldridge
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Mathews balancing test for procedural due process
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linked to: Mathews v. Eldridge