Williams v. Gardner

In this action to review a decision of the Secretary denying Appellants’ claim for children’s insurance benefits under § 202(d) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 402(d), the District Court granted a summary judgment for the Secretary.

On its first appearance in this Court, we remanded this case for reconsideration because an incorrect standard with respect to Appellants’ burden of proof had been applied. Williams v. Ribicoff, 5 Cir. 1963, 323 F.2d 231. The issue upon which Appellants’ claim for benefits depended was whether their deceased mother was a partner with their father in the…