Legal Opinion
Gloria MINGO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1984No. 83-2475PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Gloria Mingo appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (the Secretary)1 to deny Mingo social security benefits as the equitably adopted child of Jordan Cyrus. We reverse.
Mingo contends that the district court erred in deciding that she did not qualify *538for children’s insurance benefits. Mingo’s status as a “child” presents a question of California law.2 The Secretary concedes that, under California law, an equitable adoptee is a child for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Multhaup v. HornCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
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- Estate of WilsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
- Churchill v. The F/V FjordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Gloria MINGO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984