Lockhart v. United States (2005)

Lockhart v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 2, 2005 Decided December 7, 2005
Full case name	James Lockhart v. United States
Citations	546 U.S. 142 (more) 126 S. Ct. 699; 163 L. Ed. 2d 557
Case history
Prior	376 F.3d 1027 (9th Cir. 2004); cert. granted, 544 U.S. 998 (2005).
Holding
The government can offset Social Security benefits to collect on student loan debt that is over 10 years old.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	O'Connor, joined by unanimous
Concurrence	Scalia

Lockhart v. United States, 546 U.S. 142 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court decision concerning whether the United States government can offset Social Security benefits to collect on student loan debt over 10 years old. In a unanimous decision, the Court affirmed the lower court's decision that allowed the offset by the government.