Legal Opinion
Chiappa v. Secretary of the Department of Health, Education & Welfare
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 2, 1980No. 78 Civ. 4213PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOFAER, District Judge:
This appeal presents a persistent problem that arises in disability cases. It is the repeated failure of Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) to make specific findings as to (1) the weight they have given to the reports or letters of the applicant’s physician; and (2) the credibility of the applicant’s testimony, particularly claims of disabling pain. Reviewing courts should not have to guess about such fundamental matters. Nor should they have to infer the ALJ’s determinations from suggestive or ambiguous comments, or to imply them from conclusions that permit more than…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Helene Marcus v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Walter E. Parker v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Minnie Gold v. The Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Robert K. Allen v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Hazel Cutler v. Caspar Weinberger, as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Bray v. Commissioner of Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Bunnell v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Thomas P. MURRAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- WRIGHT, Joya, Appellant, v. SULLIVAN, Louis, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Frank Aubeuf v. Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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