Legal Opinion
Walker v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1989No. 88-1270PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
Claimant appeals the award of summary judgment to the Secretary in this social security disability action. Because substantial evidence supports the Secretary’s findings, we affirm.
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Claimant was born on October 20, 1941, and he has received a General Equivalency Degree as well as training in machine operation. Claimant worked as an iron pourer from February 1971 to August 1982. Prior to that, he had worked as a machine operator since 1965.
On May 18, 1984, claimant applied for disability insurance benefits alleging disability as the result of alcoholism, emphysema,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Luther D. Mullen v. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Richard G. Shepherd v. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Douglas GARNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Frank J. SHELMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- James R. SIAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Christine HAYNES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by149 opinions
- Charlene M. CUTLIP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
- Ruby E. Heston v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- Joseph Peterson v. Comm'r of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
- Cole v. Commissioner of Social SecurityDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2015
- Queen City Home Health Care Co. v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
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