Legal Opinion
Edna Johnson v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 30, 1985No. 85-1254, 85-1490PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
In this class action, applicants for and recipients of Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits challenge regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Plaintiff-applicants allege that the Secretary’s regulations governing the sequential evaluation for determining disability claims violate the Social Security Act and the Constitution by denying benefits at a threshold step even to those claimants who meet their prima facie burden under the Act, and by declining to consider the combined impact of nonsevere impairments in determining whether…
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- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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