Legal Opinion
Bernice F. Stark v. Caspar W. Weinberger (Successor to Elliot Richardson)
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 31, 1974No. 73-1993PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff has been afflicted with scleroderma,1 a progressive, incurable disease, since the late 1930’s. She claims the right to receive disability benefits since 1971, the year in which she first applied for relief under the Social Security Act.2 It is perfectly clear that she was then — and indeed for many years had been — disabled within the meaning of the Act. However, because of the special earnings requirement of the statute,3 the Secretary determined that she must establish a period of disability commencing no later than December 31, 1950. Plaintiff’s failure to…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Dorothy Kutchman v. Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- Thomas E. Depaepe, Sr. v. Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary, Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Milagros Santiago Hernandez v. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by133 opinions
- Janine A. WAGNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Helene Marcus v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Deborah Kent v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Walter E. Parker v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- George Dobrowolsky v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary, Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
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