Heckler v. Day

467 U.S. 104 · Decided May 22, 1984 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

Heckler v. Day was decided on May 22, 1984 by a vote of 5–4. The Court vacated the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Poverty law, statutory welfare benefits” in the Civil Rights area.

Read the opinion

• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Library of Congress — official U.S. Reports scan

Case details

How the Justices voted

Full case caption

Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Day et al.

SCDB identifiers: case 1983-103, docket 1983-103-01.

Related decisions

Other cases on “Poverty law, statutory welfare benefits”

• Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc.
  467 U.S. 51Decided May 21, 19849–0John Paul Stevens
• Heckler v. Ringer
  466 U.S. 602Decided May 14, 19846–3William H. Rehnquist
• Heckler v. Turner
  470 U.S. 184Decided February 27, 19859–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance v. Heckler
  471 U.S. 524Decided May 20, 19859–0John Paul Stevens
• Heckler v. Campbell
  461 U.S. 458Decided May 16, 19838–1Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• Blum v. BaconLaw held unconstitutional
  457 U.S. 132Decided June 14, 19829–0Thurgood Marshall

See all

Cases on the same legal provision: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and related statutes

• Irving Independent School District v. Tatro et Ux.
  468 U.S. 883Decided July 5, 19849–0Warren E. Burger
• School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of Education of Massachusetts
  471 U.S. 359Decided April 29, 19859–0William H. Rehnquist
• Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley
  458 U.S. 176Decided June 28, 19826–3William H. Rehnquist
• Honig v. Doe
  484 U.S. 305Decided January 20, 19886–2William J. Brennan Jr.
• Dellmuth v. Muth
  491 U.S. 223Decided June 15, 19895–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Florence County School District Four v. Shannon Carter
  510 U.S. 7Decided November 9, 19939–0Sandra Day O'Connor

Same Term, same area (Civil Rights)

• Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Phinpathya
  464 U.S. 183Decided January 10, 19849–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education
  465 U.S. 75Decided January 23, 19849–0Harry A. Blackmun
• United Building & Construction Trades Council of Camden County and Vicinity v. Mayor and Council of the City of Camden
  465 U.S. 208Decided February 21, 19848–1William H. Rehnquist
• McCain v. Lybrand
  465 U.S. 236Decided February 21, 19849–0John Paul Stevens
• Solem v. Bartlett
  465 U.S. 463Decided February 22, 19849–0Thurgood Marshall
• Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Darrone
  465 U.S. 624Decided February 24, 19849–0Lewis F. Powell Jr.

See all

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error