Legal Opinion

Ida McDONALD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis BOWEN, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 19, 1987No. 85-2097PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Ida McDonald appeals from an order of the district court affirming the reversal by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the “Secretary”) of the Administrative Law Judge’s (the “ALJ’s”) grant of disability benefits to plaintiff. The district court’s decision is vacated and the case is remanded to the Appeals Council.

Plaintiff, a 52-year-old woman with an eleventh grade education, worked, since 1962, as a feeder inserting paper into a machine that binds magazines and catalogs. In 1980, plaintiff began to require hospitalization for back problems. In June…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Freddie R. RUSH, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  2. Clemens R. Sierakowski v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
  3. McMillen v. CalifanoDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1978
  4. Goldstein v. HarrisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1981
  5. Campbell v. CalifanoDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Barnhart v. WaltonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  2. Donald A. NEWTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  3. Manuel G. Salamalekis v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
  4. Billy D. Walker v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
  5. Michael D. Wyatt v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003

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