Legal Opinion

Lawrence LANDRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, as Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided February 27, 1986No. 85-3059PublishedCited by 128 opinions

1Per curiam

Landry appeals from the district court’s judgment affirming the determination of the Secretary that he is not entitled to social security disability benefits because' he is able to do light work as defined by 20 C.F.R. § 404.1567(b). Because the factual findings made by the Administrative Law Judge (AU) and adopted by the Secretary are supported by substantial evidence in the record and because these findings do not entitle Landry to disability benefits under the appropriate legal standard, we affirm.

Landry worked as a truck driver until February 1982. He asserts that he suffers from…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Betty J. Boyd v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  2. Autry R. HAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  3. Edgar E. Simpson v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  4. Curtis H. Smith, Agu-Fj-Nqfa v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  5. Malcolm M. Gaultney, Jr. v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education & WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

3Cited by128 opinions

  1. Josephine A. FOOTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
  2. Sue HALE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  3. Ollie G. CHESTER, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
  4. Clara HOLT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
  5. Thelma L. WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987

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