Legal Opinion
Marie BEECHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret H. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1985No. 83-5873PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Senior Circuit Judge:
Beecher appeals the Secretary’s decision to deny her disability benefits under section 223 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 423. Beecher worked in a warehouse until January 1974, when she claims she became disabled due to the combined effects of a back injury and psychiatric problems. She returned to work briefly in early 1975 but has not been employed since then. Beecher last met the special earnings requirement of the Social Security Act for disability insurance purposes on March 31, 1976.
At her administrative hearing, numerous medical reports were…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Heckler v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- James R. Odle v. Margaret H. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Raul Benitez v. Joseph A. Califano, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Mary J. Dorsey v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Cornelius Dressel v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Lester v. ChaterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Shirley J. Vertigan v. William A. Halter, Acting Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Elizabeth J. HAMMOCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Kim Van Nguyen v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of the Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Wanda S. FLATEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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