Legal Opinion
Emett D. Simmons, Sr. v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 24, 1979No. 79-1856PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by an applicant from a denial of social security disability benefits. Appellant Emett D. Simmons, Sr. filed an application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits under sections 216 and 223 of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 416 and 423, claiming that he has been disabled since December 1974 due to residual impairments of a compression fracture of the lower back together with pain and discomfort attendant thereto. After initial and reconsideration denials by the Social Security Administration, Simmons requested…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Thomas O. Hayes v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Charlotte Laffoon v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Malcolm M. Gaultney, Jr. v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education & WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by77 opinions
- Jack Bloodsworth v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Frances B. Walden v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services for the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- William P. Wiggins v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Mary Strickland v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health and Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Annette F. ARNOLD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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