Starace v. Celebrezze

DUMBAULD, District Judge.

Congress has seen fit to vest in the district court of the plaintiff’s residence the power to review final decisions of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under the Social Security system. 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The Secretary’s findings of fact, supported by substantial evidence, are conclusive. In the case at bar there is no controversy as to the facts, but the issue is a question of law, as to which the parties are entitled to this Court’s independent judgment on the record made before the administrative agency. Social Security Bd. v. Nierotko, 327 U.S.…