Legal Opinion

Alice M. Oldham v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 12, 1981No. 80-7691PublishedCited by 168 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge:

This action was brought pursuant to Section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), to review a final decision of the Secretary denying disability insurance benefits to claimant Alice Oldham. The district court affirmed the Secretary’s decision and this appeal followed.

Procedural History

In March 1973, Alice Oldham sustained serious injuries in an automobile-train collision, including a fracture of the right zygomatic arch, a fracture of the maxilla, a compound fracture of the right mandible, facial lacerations, fracture and dislocation of the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Mary Strickland v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health and Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  3. Mary L. Hart v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  4. Charlotte Laffoon v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. Percy Johnson v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health and Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by168 opinions

  1. Jack Bloodsworth v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  2. Ellison v. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  3. Laffat A. SRYOCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  4. 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
  5. Willie Earl McSWAIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987

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