Legal Opinion
Dorothy Thompson v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 15, 1977No. 76-1507PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Dorothy Thompson appeals from a decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying her application for disability benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 423. The district court granted summary judgment for the Secretary and we affirm.
The procedural setting and factual background are set out fully in the district court’s memorandum and order of September 7,1976 and we repeat here only what is necessary to our decision.
Claimant’s application for disability benefits based on spondylolysis (a degenerative change of a vertebra usually…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Manuel A. Miranda v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Bertha M. Bittel v. Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education & WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Sofia Alvarado v. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Frederick H. Peterson v. John Gardner, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Brittingham v. WeinbergerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Marvia A. Cowart, Ssn Rxz-Lh-Flse v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Edna KANE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Prentis BATTLES, Jr., Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Gladys BURGOS LOPEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Zolio Fermin Figueroa v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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