Legal Opinion
Mary Sue Estes v. Railroad Retirement Board
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 22, 1985No. 85-7075PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Mary Sue Estes appeals the denial of her application for disability benefits under provisions of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (RRA) authorizing payment of an annuity to the child of a deceased employee covered by the RRA if the child was disabled before reaching the age of twenty-two.1 The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) denied Estes’ application on the ground that she was not disabled before she was twenty-two. We reverse.
*1437BACKGROUND
Estes, the child of a covered employee, was born on March 22, 1955. She currently suffers from chronic multiple sclerosis and is…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Patricia Parish v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Joseph C. Goodwin v. Railroad Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Russell H. Duncan v. Railroad Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Augusta Parker v. Railroad Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Earl H. Akins v. United States Railroad Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Stephen F. WILCOX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis D. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- David L. Poole v. Railroad Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Cleto Rivera, Jr. v. Railroad Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Weber v. Public Employees' Retirement BoardMontana Supreme Court · 1995
- Terry Wayne Duckworth v. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
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