Legal Opinion
Leonard Caswell v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 16, 1978No. 77-1514PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from one of a growing number of successful court challenges to the delays which attend the scheduling by the Social Security Administration (SSA) of administrative hearings afforded to applicants for disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. 42 U.S.C. §§ 401 et seq. 1 The United States District Court for the District of Maine, in an opinion reported at 435 F.Supp. 127 (1977), found that the administrative delays suffered by the eight named plaintiffs and the class they were certified to represent were unreasonable and thus…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Califano v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Weinberger v. SalfiSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by80 opinions
- Califano v. YamasakiSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mario Lopez v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Jane Fortin, Etc. v. Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Wright v. CalifanoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Allen v. State of West Virginia Human Rights CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
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