Legal Opinion
Key v. Heckler
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1985No. 84-5543PublishedCited by 247 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Key appeals from the district court’s judgment affirming the Secretary’s determination that he is not disabled. Our jurisdiction over the appeal rests on 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1982). We affirm.
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SUMMARY OF APPLICABLE LAW
Sometimes it is useful in a disability case to restate the legal matrix within which such cases arise. This is such a. case. To qualify for disability benefits, a claimant must prove that he is unable to “engage in any substantial gainful activity” attributable to a “medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected ... to last for a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Batterton v. FrancisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- James Sample v. Richard Schweiker , Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Donald M. Rhinehart v. Robert H. Rinch, Etc. (Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Clyde H. BOOZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by247 opinions
- Peggy Mayes v. Larry G. Massanari, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Eshagh Massachi v. Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of the Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Mauro Antonio Cano-Merida v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Clementine COTTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Lee R. MARCIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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