Legal Opinion
Gatliff v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1999No. 97-36161PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.
Does a string of sequential, short-term jobs constitute “substantial gainful activity” under the Social Security Act (the “Act”)? 42 U.S.C. § 1382c(a)(3)(A). Put more directly, does a claimant’s cobbling together some 150 different jobs over his remaining 25-year work life constitute meaningful, sustained employment?
We must decide whether a Social Security claimant’s ability to perform successive jobs, generally lasting no more than two months, renders him capable of substantial gainful activity. We conclude that it does not, and therefore reverse the judgment of the…
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