Legal Opinion
W.C. v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary, Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1987No. 86-3770PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
W.C. is a class plaintiff. He represents a class of social security claimants who were denied disability benefits. These denials occurred after favorable AU decisions when, pursuant to the Bellmon Review Program, the Appeals Council reviewed and reversed the AU decisions. The district court found that the Bellmon Review Program was a substantive rule which required notice and comment rulemaking. Because the rulemaking procedure was not followed, the Appeals Council’s decisions were voided and the court ordered that benefits be restored to the class members.…
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