Legal Opinion

Nancy E. CLARKE, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 30, 1988No. 87-1599PublishedCited by 168 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services denied Nancy E. Clarke's claim for supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381, 1381a. On review of the Secretary’s final decision, the district court affirmed. Clarke now appeals to this court and we also affirm.

Clarke is forty-four years old. She has completed the eleventh grade and functions in the low-normal range of intelligence. Clarke is obese, smokes cigarettes, and complains of various health problems, including difficulty with her balance and pain in the bottoms of both feet. In…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Dalton BAKER, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health & Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  3. Jesse CONLEY, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
  4. Medtronic, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation v. S. Todd Gibbons, an IndividualCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
  5. Roger WAITE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by168 opinions

  1. Greiner v. City of ChamplinCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  2. Jerome G. WEIKERT, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  3. Welter v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
  4. Raymond GHANT, Appellant, v. Otis BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
  5. Margaret Williams v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993

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