Legal Opinion
Ernest E. Avery v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 17, 1985No. 85-1135PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in this case are a class of Massachusetts residents who have received federal social security benefits for disabled people, see 42 U.S.C. §§ 401 et seq. (Social Security Disability Insurance); id. §§ 1381 et seq. (Supplemental Security Income). They sued the Secretary of Health and Human Services, claiming, among other things, that the Secretary was using an improper standard when deciding whether to continue or discontinue payment of disability benefits to a person already receiving them. They said the Secretary, at least sometimes, when deciding the…
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