Legal Opinion
John B. Branham v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1967No. 16911PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from denial of an application for disability benefits under the Social Security Act. The Hearing Examiner's decision was approved by the Appeals Council, and thereafter the District Court dismissed the claim.
Appellant is a man past sixty years of age. He “got nowhere in school,” never learned to read or write, and became a manual laborer when he was twelve years old, helping his father cut mine timbers. He continued at this work until he was fourteen, when he got a job working on a coke oven as a dauber, and continued this job for two years…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Clistie Bell Thomas v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Carl G. Underwood, (Social Security Account Number Tqv-Im-Bnsb v. Abraham A. Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Archibald Lyles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Philip Kerner v. Arthur S. Flemming, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare v. Herbert E. BolasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by81 opinions
- Tommy J. McClanahan v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- Lionel J. Bastien v. Joseph P. Califano, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Valere Poulin v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Concetta Rossi v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Pedro Reyes Robles v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
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