Legal Opinion
Jimmie L. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 7, 1994No. 92-3342PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This is the unusual but not unprecedented case in which a person who has a good income, entirely from criminal activities, argues that nevertheless he is permanently disabled from engaging in substantial gainful employment and is therefore entitled to social security disability benefits. 42 U.S.C. § 1382(a)(1)(A).
The Social Security Administration’s regulations establish a series of hurdles that an applicant for disability benefits must jump over. The first is a determination whether the claimant is currently engaged in substantial gainful activity. If he is, his claim is…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Keyes v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Raymond CORRAO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Dotson v. ShalalaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Paul Chicager v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Calvin THOMPSON, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Rosie WILDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Anne Hill v. Carolyn ColvinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- James Hunt v. City of Markham, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Mark C. Hawkins v. First Union Corporation Long-Term Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- Tina Kangail v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
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