Legal Opinion
Warren E. DeLONG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 1985No. 84-1670PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from a judgment for the Secretary of Health and Human Services requires us to decide a novel question involving the scope of review by the Appeals Council of the Social Security Administration in disability cases. For background on the Appeals Council, see 2 McCormick, Social Security Claims and Procedure §§ 599-604 (1983); Mashaw, et al., Social Security Hearings and Appeals 102-07 (1978).
DeLong applied for disability benefits, and an administrative law judge granted them, but only up to August 18, 1981. At the hearing on August 12 DeLong had testified that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Duane E. Cummins v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Willie GARRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Ethel M. Munsinger v. Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Johnson SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Miguel LOPEZ-CARDONA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Thomas Williams v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Max CULBERTSON, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Gaynell McCuin v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Bauzo v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Nelda A. Parker v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Autry R. Hand v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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