Legal Opinion

Willie Ousley v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided November 21, 2018No. 17-5206; 17-5211; 17-5212; 17-5213; 17-5214; 17-5215; 17-5216; 17-5598; 17-5614PublishedCited by 180 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

When individuals in this country are unable to work because of physical or mental disabilities, they may file for Social Security Disability Insurance ("SSDI") and Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") benefits. The eleven plaintiffs here all filed for these benefits, and they all eventually received them. The trouble, however, is that they were represented in their efforts by Eric Conn, a Kentucky attorney who secured benefits for his clients by submitting fraudulent reports to the Social Security Administration ("SSA"). An Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"),…

2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Hamdi v. RumsfeldSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  5. Auer v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997

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3Cited by180 opinions

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  4. Kirk v. BerryhillDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 2019
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