Legal Opinion
Dover Walters v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1968No. 17691PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.
This ease presents the appeal of Dover Walters from a District Court judgment which affirmed the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare’s denial of social security disability benefits to Walters.
Appellant was a Kentucky coal miner with limited education. He testified that on March 1, 1963, at the age of 46, he quit his job as a miner “due to a lung condition and nervous condition.” It does not appear that he was then professionally advised of a need to stop working. His testimony was conflicting as to what his own doctor told him on this subject:
“Q. He did not…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- James E. Lane v. John W. Gardner, Successor to Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- Troy Whitt v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- Montward Justice v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- Ollie Alsobrooks v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Robert Nelson v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Pedro Reyes Robles v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
- John G. Myers v. Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Leo J. Domozik v. Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- James H. Floyd v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
- Thomas P. Osborne v. Wilbur Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
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