Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 30, 1991No. 90-1497PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Samuel Thompson appeals the district court’s summary judgment affirmation of the denial by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”) of his claim for Social Security benefits. Thompson argues that his alleged waiver of the statutory right to counsel was invalid, and that the Administrative Law Judge (“AU”) failed to fully and fairly develop the record in accord with the heightened duty owed to unrepresented claimants.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Thompson is a fifty-nine year old man with an eleventh-grade education. From 1964…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Jack D. Lashley v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Edna KANE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Ella Mae Cannon v. Patricia Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Robert L. Smith v. Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services for the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by97 opinions
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- Roberta Skinner v. Michael J. Astrue, CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Michael E. Golembiewski v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Nelms v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
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