Legal Opinion

Emily PATE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 5, 1985No. 85-4199PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Emily Pate appeals the district court’s grant of a summary judgment affirming the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ (Secretary) determination that Pate was not entitled to disability insurance benefits. We affirm.

I

After twice being denied disability insurance benefits, Pate filed the instant application for benefits on May 12, 1982. She alleged disability as a result of a manic depressive illness with an onset date of March 31, 1980.

On January 17, 1979, at the age of twenty-three, Pate was hospitalized for emotional problems after…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Heckler v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Charlie Mae SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  4. Claudie F. Jones v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  5. Henry Chaney v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Kernis J. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  2. Beverly Fields v. Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  3. Davis C. HERRON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis W. BOWEN, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  4. Harold BROUSSARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  5. Antonio LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986

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