Legal Opinion
John J. Leftwich v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1967No. 11015_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge.
In this unusual social security case, claimant Leftwich was denied disability benefits at the administrative level largely because he has the admirable motivation to insist upon working for the support of his family despite physical inability to do so. There is more logic than common sense in such a result, and there is irony not intended, we think, by the Congress. We affirm the decision of the district court granting Leftwich a period of disability and disability insurance benefits.
We have carefully reexamined the record as a whole before deciding that the decision of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Clistie Bell Thomas v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Berry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Arthur S. Flemming, as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare v. Hunter Lee BookerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Benton Roberson v. Abraham A. Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Cecil E. Farley v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Pamela A. STONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Dorothy Kutchman v. Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- Luis Chico v. Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Freddie L. Wilson v. Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Pollard v. GardnerDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1967
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