Legal Opinion
Lindell Washington v. Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 29, 2018No. 17-13649PublishedCited by 688 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
The disability programs administered under the Social Security Act "are of a size and extent difficult to comprehend." Richardson v. Perales , 402 U.S. 389 , 399, 91 S.Ct. 1420 , 28 L.Ed.2d 842 (1971) ; see also Heckler v. Day , 467 U.S. 104 , 106, 104 S.Ct. 2249 , 81 L.Ed.2d 88 (1984) ("Approximately two million disability claims were filed under [the Social Security Act] in fiscal year 1983. Over 320,000 of these claims must be heard by some 800 administrative law judges each year."). In 2017 alone, approximately 2.2 million disability applications were filed, and the…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Bowen v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Sims v. ApfelSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Barnhart v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by688 opinions
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