Legal Opinion

Josephine A. FOOTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided November 3, 1995No. 93-2496PublishedCited by 1,701 opinions

1Per curiam

Josephine Foote appeals from a district court order granting judgment in favor of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) who denied Foote’s application for disability benefits under the Supplemental Security Income Program of the Social Security Act. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq.

On appeal, Foote maintains that the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) who heard her case at the agency level failed to give adequate weight to the opinion of her treating physician and ignored her complaints of pain in determining that she could perform certain jobs. Because there is substantial evidence in…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Heckler v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Sue HALE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  4. 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
  5. Clara HOLT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by1,701 opinions

  1. Renee S. Phillips v. Jo Anne B. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
  2. Bobby Dyer v. Jo Anne B. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  3. Donnell Mitchell v. Commissioner, Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
  4. Jones v. ApfelCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
  5. Patty Carradine v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004

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