Legal Opinion
Luna v. Bowen
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 24, 1987No. 86-2480PublishedCited by 405 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
This action involves a class challenge of the Social Security Administration’s regulations, policies, and practices as they relate to the role of pain in the evaluation of disability claims. The named plaintiffs and intervenors sought class relief on the ground that agency decision makers have been systematically denying benefit claims based on disabling pain by improperly requiring objective corroboration of the severity of pain. The district court granted summary judgment for plaintiffs, holding the Secretary’s regulations misleading, overbroad, and invalid on their…
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- James HOWARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by405 opinions
- Glen W. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Mary Hope CASIAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Linda S. Thompson v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- David W. Musgrave v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
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