Wilfred Sangster v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Appellee, Wilfred Sangster, first applied for Social Security benefits on May 20, 1957. His application was processed through the required administrative steps and was denied on September 20, 1960, by the Secretary’s affirmance of a hearing examiner’s report. The right to review such final order by suit in the United States District Court, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), was not exercised by Sangster and the Secretary’s decision became the final disposition of the matter.

On December 28, 1960, appellee Sangster made a second application for benefits. Because Sangster might have been able to show…