Legal Opinion
Louis Goerg v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1981No. 79-3790PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
In 1976, the plaintiff filed applications for disability insurance and supplemental security income benefits, alleging that he had been unable to work since October 1974 because of asthma, past mental illness, and an eye defect.
In 1977, an administrative law judge found that the plaintiff was not suffering from the statutorily defined disability. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 423(d), 1382c(a)(3).
Plaintiff then brought an action in the district court seeking review of the Secretary’s decision affirming the administrative law judge. 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). That court granted the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Smith v. PollinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Mack Hall, Sr. v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Josephine Kemp v. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Wray v. FolsomDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1958
- Smith v. LujanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Wanda S. FLATEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Jimmie L. Howard v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- Joan M. Jones v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Key v. HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Margarita TIRADO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
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