Legal Opinion
32 soc.sec.rep.ser. 494, unempl.ins.rep. Cch 15908a Esther Marcus v. Louis v. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 21, 1991No. 89-2717PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellees represent a class of widows, widowers and surviving divorced spouses (“spouses”) who claim disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 402 of Title II of the Social Security Act (“Act”) and children who claim disability benefits under the Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) program of Title XVI of the Act. These claimants argued below that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”) violates the Act by denying disability benefits without first assessing each claimant’s individual functional capacities. “Functional capacity” is most…
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3Cited by59 opinions
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