Legal Opinion

Jessie CALVIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellant

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 16, 1996No. 95-5372, 95-5438PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

Where a person asserting a claim for Supplemental Security Income benefits asks that a reporting physician be subpoenaed to testify on cross-examination at the claimant’s hearing before an administrative law judge, must the request for a subpoena be honored even if the claimant has failed to justify the request in the manner prescribed by the applicable social security regulations? Concluding that the right to subpoena a reporting physician is “absolute,” the district court answered this question in the affirmative and remanded the case at bar to the Secretary…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Luther D. Mullen v. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Richard G. Shepherd v. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
  4. Whirlpool Corp. v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Duane E. COFFIN, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Willie Ousley v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
  2. James R. Butera v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
  3. Clifford FLATFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
  4. Foxy Lady, Inc. v. City of Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  5. Nierzwick v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001

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