Legal Opinion
McMillian v. Heckler
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1985No. 84-1078PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents questions concerning the means by which a minor claimant to survivor social security benefits may attempt to establish that though he was bom in wedlock he is in fact the illegitimate child of another than this mother’s husband. Wayne M. McMillian, the claimant here, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary who had denied the claim on the basis that claimant had not established that for purposes of § 202(d) of the Social Security Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. § 402(d), he was the illegitimate son of…
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- State v. WhiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
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3Cited by9 opinions
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