Legal Opinion

William F. Gosnell v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided March 25, 1983No. 81-3648PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This is the second time we have reviewed this Social Security case concerning the reopening of earlier claims decided fifteen years ago. Our earlier decision was Gosnell v. Califano, 625 F.2d 744 (6th Cir.1980). The appeal this time presents the issue of whether the Secretary’s refusal to reopen two of plaintiff William F. Gosnell’s prior applications for Social Security disability benefits constitutes a violation of the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The District Judge dismissed the complaint because he concluded that plaintiff had…

2Cases cited6 opinions

Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
Califano v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
Maria Parker v. Joseph A. Califano, Secretary of Health, Education & WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
Rita M. Ragan v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
William F. Gosnell v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education & WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by11 opinions

Edward L. BLACHA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
Bettie Jo Cherry v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
Smith v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
Delmar INGRAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
Glazer v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004

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