Legal Opinion
Zeno v. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided December 28, 1970No. Civ. 16-70PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CANCIO, Chief Judge.
Once again this Court must face the problem of whether there is substantial evidence, taking the record as a whole, .to sustain or reverse the final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 42 U.S.C.A. 405(g). And once again this Court must face the awesome responsibility of weighing, within the limits of the substantial evidence rule, a record that is less than impartial, occasioned principally by the absence of counsel on behalf of the claimant.
Disability benefits under the Social Security Act were designed as remedial legislation. It…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- William H. Baker v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- May L. Hayes v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Lawrence Colwell v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- Clyde Arms v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Minnie Gold v. The Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Davila v. WeinbergerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- Collins v. RichardsonDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1971
- Torres v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1971
- Rosado v. RichardsonDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1973
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