Legal Opinion
May v. Stephens v. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1979No. 79-1026PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises the difficult question of whether May V. Stephens, a fifty-five-year-old female with an eighth grade education, who was a steady and dependable worker until she was injured in 1970, was properly denied disability insurance benefits by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. The difficulty is compounded by the fact that here, as in many other similar cases, the medical testimony in the record is entirely in the form of written reports, a practice which may save the time of the doctors, the examiners and the administrative law judge but which…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Vernon Brinker v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Emil C. Timmerman v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W., Kenneth Marks v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Marvin A. Yawitz v. Caspar W. WeinbergerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Frances Lewis v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by51 opinions
- George W. WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Hubert Brand v. Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Charlotte M. O'Leary v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- James E. McMillian v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Wayne L. Tennant v. Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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