Stella Adkins v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in a federal Black Lung benefits case presents the question whether the findings of the Secretary are supported by substantial evidence in the record of the administrative proceedings. We hold that they are and affirm the judgment.

On July 1, 1970, appellant, the deceased coal miner’s widow, filed an application for benefits under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq. The application was in proper form, and recited that Russell Leo Adkins,…